A Meissen group of 'Spanish Lovers', circa 1745-50A Meissen group of 'Spanish Lovers', circa 1745-50Modelled by J.J Kaendler, the fashionably dressed lady wearing a white feathered hat, turquoise bodice with black stomacher, wide yellow skirt over panniers embellished with indianische Blumen and a gilt-edged blue underskirt, her companion wearing a blue and black cloak, iron-red jacket with gilt floral scrollwork and turquoise rosettes, gilt-edged black breeches and red shoes with yellow bows, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 18.5cm high, traces of crossed swords mark in blue (small chips and minor losses)Based on an engraving by Pierre Filœul after the painting 'Le baiser donné' by Jean-Baptiste Pater of 1736, this group is not mentioned in Kaendler's Taxa or work records but is referred to as the 'Spanier Gropgen' [Spanish group] in a specification of figures and groups completed by the Weiße Corps in overtime in January 1740 (quoted by R. Rückert, Zur Staffierung der Gesichter von Meißener Porzellanfiguren, Teil IV, in Keramos 153 (July 1996), p. 156). Another example from the Marouf Collection, sold in these rooms, 5 December 2012, lot 65.