Porcelain painting "Yum-Yum" inspired by Conrad Kiesel

A rectangular porcelain plaque depicting a young elegant woman as "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 obi against a dark brown background, holding an open fan behind her head with both hands. The piece is executed in the technique of polychrome painting. At the lower right is the signature "Wagner." Plaque number 237-158. On the reverse is a black seal of the coat of arms of the noble von Bassewitz family from Mecklenburg. A carved rococo-style frame with velvet trim. The plaque bears a scepter mark and KPM mark. Plaque size: 23.5 cm x 16 cm, frame: 40 cm x 33 cm. See Neuwirth, Porcelain Painting, Volume 2, p. 329 ff. Presumably from the family collection of Joachim Adolf von Bassewitz (1859-1918), Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy. A porcelain plaque with a masterfully executed depiction of Yum-Yum, a character from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "The Mikado." Signed "Wagner." On the reverse is a seal of the noble von Bassewitz family coat of arms. Scepter mark and KPM mark. Framed. KPM-Berlin. Late 19th century.