Description
An elegantly dressed couple accompany one another in a duet while seated on a tall-backed settee in this German porcelain figurine. The woman is likely playing a lute, an early form of the guitar, while the gentleman joins in with a wooden flute. Their music-making reflects their courtship and intimacy—a typical symbolic gesture rendered in such figural ceramic sculptures.
Provenance
(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).
Accession Number
1952.2
Medium
porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 29.2 x 16.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.