https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/24387/fullPair of Nubian figure sweetmeat dishesca.1760Nymphenburg Porcelain ManufactoryOverall (G08.7.26.1a-b): 14 × 11.4 × 10.8 cm (5 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
Overall (G08.7.26.2a-b): 14.6 × 14 × 11.4 cm (5 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gildingGift of Helen E. GardinerOrigin: Munich, Bavaria, GermanyG08.7.26.1-20Pair of Nymphenburg sweetmeat dishes with male and female Nubian figures. Each figure is semi-reclining on rockwork with legs extended and leaning on an inverted pear-shaped moulded sweetmeat basket and cover reserved with quatrefoil cartouches of flowers at the opposing side. The basket is resting on a grassy mound, and the flower finial enriched in puce. The figure's feet are supported on the gilt-enriched scroll end of the rocaille-moulded base.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainNymphenburg[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain183816218GermanAugustus III (1733-1756)Impressed Bavarian shield mark on side