monkey musician

Lot 4035 limit € 330

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke 1753/1765, model no. 12a, monkey with mandolin (hurdy-gurdy) from the monkey chapel, rocaille base with tree support, painted in colour, decorated with gold, slightly damaged, H approx. 14 cm, first half of the 19th century