A Meissen Porcelain Monkey Band, 20th century, after the model by Johann Joachim Kändler,...

A Meissen Porcelain Monkey Band, 20th century, after the model by Johann Joachim Kändler, comprising the conductor with separate music stand, two seated singers, a violinist, a guitar player, a cellist, and a bassoonist, crossed swords marks in underglaze blue (one struck out), conductor 17.5cm high (8) Designed in the 1750's by Johann Joachim Kändler, the Monkey Band was a typical example of the Singerie fashion of the time where monkeys were depicted wearing fashionable clothes and imitating human behaviour in a humorous or satirical manner. Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV, was one of the first to order a Monkey Band, which was delivered in 1753

. Cellist with repair to bow and losses to tuning pegs.