A Pair of Meissen Nodding Pagoda Figures - Porcelain finely painted, modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein c.1740, as a male and female grinning Orientals in a purple-lined gilt-edged robe with ''Indianische Blumen''-floral pattern, and blue or yellow slippers, seated crossed-legged, the circular aperture between the shoulders fitted with a detachable head with a lead counter-balance, the heads with articulated tongues, the hands similarly movable but the waving mechanism not working properly, paint slightly worn, female figure: a minor glaze damage to the head's neck rim (hidden when inset), the right hand with a small section of the arm missing (not visible part), head's lead counter-balance somewhat loose (easily to reattach), the female's head with number '154' and an impressed number ''100'' to the unglazed body bottom, underglaze blue swords marks, Meissen late 19th century, height c.15cm (5 3/4) each -The famous 18th century nodding pagoda figures (since c.1730-40 created as part of the series ''Fremde V?lker ''/ Exotic People by the best Meissen modellers such as J.J.K?ndler, Elias Meyer or J.F.Eberlein) became an immensely popular Meissen product and have been reproduced throughout the 19th and 20th century by Meissen, but extant antique matching pagoda nodder pairs are rare.