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Groupe en porcelaine représentant une femme et un jeune Maure, Meissen, circa 1920-1923, E.A 6/11 A Meissen group of a lady and boy (Dame mit Mohrenknabe), circa 1920-1923Urstück [Artist's Proof] No. 6 of 11 Seated on a hexagonal base, the lady holding a fruit behind her back, wearing a yellow hat edged in green, the skirt lined in lavender and with a pink and dark-purple-striped underskirt, the boy holding her skirt with his right hand, wearing a striped turban, jewelled purple jacket, blue sash around his waist and yellow trousers decorated with flowers, a similarly decorated cushion at the rear, incised 'Scheurich/ 19' on rear of base, 28cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model number F 274, impressed former's number 48, indistinctly impressed 'VON 11 Ur-/ STÜCKEN Nr.' and incised 6 (mark mostly erased) (tiny restored chip to edge of boy's sash)FootnotesExhibited: Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 Scheurich modelled this group in 1919 at a time when he was inspired by Richard Strauss's opera, 'Der Rosenkavalier', which he also depicted in countless sketches and drawings depicting scenes, characters and costumes. The figures of this group can be found in lithographs by Scheurich depicting 'Der Rosenkavalier' published in 1920 (fig. 1); see following lot. Scheurich delivered the model for this group to the Meissen manufactory in August 1919, and it was purchased at the end of the month for RM 2,500. In early 1920, Scheurich designed three different colour schemes for the group, all of which were produced (the design with a predominantly coral-red colouring was the most frequently used). The group, which was only sold in the coloured version, proved to be very popular and 227 examples had been sold.