Meissen figurative group "The Lovers"

On a pedestal decorated with plastic flowers and leaves, sits a gentleman in black breeches and a yellow jacket with a pattern of Native American flowers over a white shirt, gently embracing and kissing a lady seated beside him. The lady, dressed in a white gown with a gray fabric pattern of golden flowers, caresses her lover's cheek. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Possibly the authors are Johann Joachim Kändler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein. Minimal damage, some restoration. Height 15 cm. See Meister, catalog of the Paul collection, volume I, page 297; Rückert, Bavarian National Museum, page 165; Smithsonian Institution inventory number CE.66.173. A porcelain figurative group of lovers embracing each other, made by J. J. Kändler and J. F. Eberlein. Restored/minor damage. Meissen, circa 1740.