Porcelain painting "Yum-Yum" inspired by Konrad Kiesel

Rectangular picture-plate depicting a young elegant woman in the role of "Yum-Yum," a character from the premiere of the opera "The Mikado" (1885) by William Schwenck Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. She is dressed in a turquoise, richly decorated kimono with a wide white sash against a dark brown background, holding an open fan behind her head with both hands. The fragment is executed in the art of polychrome painting. At the bottom right is the signature "Wagner." Plate number 237-158. On the reverse side, there is a black stamp of the coat of arms of the noble Basswitz family from Mecklenburg. The carved frame molding is in the Rococo style with velvet trim. The plate bears a mark with a scepter and the KPM mark. Plate size: 23.5 cm x 16 cm, frame: 40 cm x 33 cm. See Neuwirth, Porcelain Painting, Volume 2, p. 329 and following. Presumably from the family collection of Joachim Adolf von Basswitz (1859–1918), Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy. Porcelain tile with a masterfully executed depiction of Yum-Yum, a character from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "The Mikado." Signature "Wagner." On the reverse side, there is a stamp of the coat of arms of the noble Basswitz family. Scepter mark and KPM mark. Frame. KPM-Berlin. Late 19th century.