Nine Meissen monkey band figures, second half 18th centuryModelled by Peter Reinicke and J.J. Kaendler, each on a gilt-edged scrollwork base applied with leaves and flowers, comprising: the organ player, two singers, a drummer, a flautist, two bagpipe players, a cellist and a violinist, the largest: 15cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and blue, various impressed numerals to some (some restoration) (9)注脚The monkey band was modelled around 1753, the year that Madame de Pompadour purchased nineteen of the figures. The set was reworked by Kändler and Reinicke in 1765-66. See Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), nos. 1064-1078, for the examples in the Dr. Ernst Schneider collection.