Lot 337 | Meissen | TWELVE PORCELAIN FIGURINES FROM THE APE CHAPEL

TWELVE PORCELAIN FIGURINES FROM THE APE CHAPEL.

Meissen.
Date: 20th century.
Maker/Designer: Model J. J. Kaendler.
Technique: Porcelain, painted in colours.
Description: The chapel consisting of:
Conductor, guitarist, flute player, transverse flute player, cellist, trombone player, ape with hurdy-gurdy, female singer, ape with trumpet, ape with oboe, violin player, two apes with piano.
Measurement: Height 12,5-17,5cm.
Mark: Swords mark, painted blue under glaze. Various model numbers, painter's numbers and year marks.

Literature:
- Adams, Len and Yvonne: Meissen Portrait Figures, Leicester 1992, p.188 and 195.
- Rückert, Rainer: Meissener Porzellan von 1710-1810. cat. no. 1064-1078.
- VEB Staatliche Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen (ed.): Figuren 1. Cf. chapter Affenmusiker.
- www.meissen.com (As of 04.03.2020).