"Pierrette" (Anita Berber). Constantin Holzer-Defanti for Rosenthal, Selb (?). Probably 1920s. Constantin Holzer-Defanti1881 Vienna - 1951 Linz Porcelain, glazed, sparingly painted in polychrome onglaze colours and partially gold-filled. On the top of the oval base signed in the model "CONST. HOLZER DEFANTI". Unmarked and without model number. On the underside the painter's signature in onglaze green. Year of design: 1920. Lit.: Emmy Niecol: Rosenthal. Art and ornamental porcelain. 1897-1945, vol. 2, p. 211, 3.0508, with illustration. Gold rim of the plinth partially rubbed.Painting on the left shoe with tiny, punctual scratches. Partial glaze irregularities in the area of the underside of the skirt. Tiny scratch marks on the right foot instep. Measures: H. 32 cm. Constantin Holzer-Defanti 1881 Vienna - 1951 Linz

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