95 - Group of Chinese Figures with Writing Utensils, 5-piece set; a three-panel tray standing on volute feet, featuring a central group of figures. A Chinese man seated on a cushion with an open jar. Behind him stands a maid holding a protective umbrella. Flanking him are Chinese boys in kimonos, serving as inkwells and sand sprinklers, adorned with Native American-style flowers. The central lidded box is shaped like a fruit with a leaf handle. Relief rocaille and floral decoration. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Designed likely by Friedrich Elias Meyer, revised by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke. Model No. 2778. Partially restored; Sword mark. Writing set 35 cm x 24.5 cm. Group height 25 cm. Total height 30.5 cm.

Group of Chinese Figures with Writing Utensils, 5-piece set; a three-panel tray standing on volute feet, featuring a central group of figures. A Chinese man seated on a cushion with an open jar. Behind him stands a maid holding a protective umbrella. Flanking him are Chinese boys in kimonos, serving as inkwells and sand sprinklers, adorned with Native American-style flowers. The central lidded box is shaped like a fruit with a leaf handle. Relief rocaille and floral decoration. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Designed likely by Friedrich Elias Meyer, revised by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke. Model No. 2778. Partially restored; Sword mark. Writing set 35 cm x 24.5 cm. Group height 25 cm. Total height 30.5 cm. A rare, complete writing set, the original design of which Frederick the Great commissioned in 1762: “A writing set featuring a Chinese man seated on a cushion, holding his head high as if he were singing, with a nymph behind him holding a parasol over his head and posing as if she were listening to him.” See Rückert, Cat. Bavarian National Museum, No. 993. A figural five-piece desk set featuring a Chinese group. Partially restored. Crossed swords marks. Meissen. Second half of the 19th century.