Figural Group: Musicians, c. 1737. 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.

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Keywords: 1706-1768, 18th, art, century, ceramic, cleveland, german, germany, heritage, joachim, johann, museum, porcelain, ändler