Several figurines of monkeys playing instruments with the following mark are being presented as Meissen. I don't think they are but I am having some difficulty identifying the mark (partially because...

I just purchased a very interesting item on impulse because I thought it was beautiful and unique; something you don't see every day. The problem is that I have no idea what it is (well I think it is...

Is this the case where a factory sold blanks to other's to paint and resell or is this a fake? Basically same figurine - which is quite distinctive - is showing 2 different marks. (note one of the pictures...