Meissen figurine group "Lovers"

On a pedestal adorned with plastic flowers and leaves, sits a cavalier wearing black knee breeches and a yellow jacket patterned with Native American flowers over a white shirt, intimately embracing and kissing the lady sitting next to him. The lady, dressed in a white gown with gold-flowered gray fabric, caresses the cheek of her beloved. Polychrome painting with gold accents. Possibly by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein. Minimal damage; some restoration. Height 15 cm. See Meister, Catalogue of the Pauls Collection, Volume I, page 297; Rueckert, Bavarian National Museum, page 165; Smithsonian Institute, Inventory Number CE.66.173. A porcelain figure group of lovers hugging each other, modeled by J.J. Kaendler and J.F. Eberlein. Insignificantly restored/chipped. Meissen, circa 1740.