Lot 140 , A pair of Meissen Malabar Musicians, 19th century

A pair of Meissen Malabar Musicians, 19th century

A pair of Meissen Malabar Musicians, 19th century, after the models by F.E. Meyer, both wearing straw hats, floral fur-lined cloaks over coloured robes, he playing a guitar, she playing the hurdy-gurdy and with a magic lantern on her back, raised on rococo scroll-moulded bases, incised 1519, 32cm
£1,000-1,500

Condition:
She with a detached chip to lower edge of her robe and minor chipping around the base. He missing the top of the guitar and a chip to the tip of his robes.

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