F PORCELAIN FIGURINES FROM THE APE CHAPEL
Meissen. Model J.J. Kaendler

Porcelain; enriched in colours and gold. Bass violinist; trumpeter; violinist; flutist and ape with triangle. Height 11.5 - 14cm.
Swords mark; 60002/60005/60006/6011/60013; porcelain former's no. 27/2/263/26/29; painter's no. 3202/2811/25/562/2379; year mark for 1983;1950 and 2000. Condition A and once C.

Literature:
- Adams; Len and Yvonne: Meissen Portrait Figures; Leicester 1992; p.188 and 195.
- R點kert; Rainer: Meissener Porzellan von 1710-1810. cat. no.1064-1078
- VEB Staatliche Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen (ed.): Figuren 1. Cf. chapter Affenmusiker.

The ape figurines in elaborate rococo clothing parody the upper class and its allure in a
highly exaggerated form. According to historical records; they are also supposed to be a
caricature of the chapel of the Count Br黨l.Art trade; Van Ham.