Description
Rare monumental figure "Buddhist Lion" for the "Porzellan-Palais" at the Leipzig Spring Fair 1921 (also known as "Tiger"). White porcelain. Curved base with wave-like ascending leaf rocailles in relief. A mythical creature standing in an attack position with a humped back. The head with its wide-open mouth, pinched forehead and chimerical, upturned ears is turned frontally towards the viewer. The wildly curling lion's mane is sculpted in high relief. A lizard crawling on the ground on the reverse. Designed by Arthur Storch (1870 - 1947), 1921. ligated design monogram "A.St." with dat. 1921". Manufacturer's mark. H. 59 cm. L. approx. 70 cm. An extremely expressive depiction based on Chinese models of Fo dogs, which belongs to an important group of a total of 16 monumental animal figures and mythical creatures after models by Arthur Storch and Hugo Meisel. They were first exhibited by the Aeltesten Volkstedt porcelain manufactory in 1921 at the Leipzig Spring Fair in the "Porzellan-Palais" with sensational prestige. Due to their extraordinary size, their production posed a particular technical challenge, which meant that the figurines were only produced in small series of an estimated 10 pieces per model. Since the large Meissen figures by J. G. Kirchner and J. J. Kaendler for Augustus the Strong, no one had dared to attempt such feats of "artistic and technical skill". Cf. cat. Schwarzburger Werkstätten, p. 272 ff.; Fritzsche, Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur, p. 211f.; Zimmermann, in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 49, 1921 - 1922, p. 46ff.; Porzellanland Thüringen, p. 243ff, cat. Grassi-Museum, Art Nouveau, p. 58, Emmerich, Porzellan-Palais, 1921, p. 5ff.; Lauterbach, no. 59. Provenance: from the estate of an important North German private collection. A large figure of a mythical beast "Buddhistic lion" for the Leipzig Spring Trade fair 1921. Monogrammed and dated. Manufacturer's mark. Volkstedt-Rudolstadt. Oldest Volkstedt porcelain manufactory. Circa 1921.
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Rare monumental figure "Buddhist Lion" for the "Porzellan-Palais" at the Leipzig Spring Fair 1921 (also known as "Tiger"). White porcelain. Curved base with wave-like ascending leaf rocailles in relief. A mythical creature standing in an attack position with a humped back. The head with its wide-open mouth, pinched forehead and chimerical, upturned ears is turned frontally towards the viewer. The wildly curling lion's mane is sculpted in high relief. A lizard crawling on the ground on the reverse. Designed by Arthur Storch (1870 - 1947), 1921. ligated design monogram "A.St." with dat. 1921". Manufacturer's mark. H. 59 cm. L. approx. 70 cm. An extremely expressive depiction based on Chinese models of Fo dogs, which belongs to an important group of a total of 16 monumental animal figures and mythical creatures after models by Arthur Storch and Hugo Meisel. They were first exhibited by the Aeltesten Volkstedt porcelain manufactory in 1921 at the Leipzig Spring Fair in the "Porzellan-Palais" with sensational prestige. Due to their extraordinary size, their production posed a particular technical challenge, which meant that the figurines were only produced in small series of an estimated 10 pieces per model. Since the large Meissen figures by J. G. Kirchner and J. J. Kaendler for Augustus the Strong, no one had dared to attempt such feats of "artistic and technical skill". Cf. cat. Schwarzburger Werkstätten, p. 272 ff.; Fritzsche, Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur, p. 211f.; Zimmermann, in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 49, 1921 - 1922, p. 46ff.; Porzellanland Thüringen, p. 243ff, cat. Grassi-Museum, Art Nouveau, p. 58, Emmerich, Porzellan-Palais, 1921, p. 5ff.; Lauterbach, no. 59. Provenance: from the estate of an important North German private collection. A large figure of a mythical beast "Buddhistic lion" for the Leipzig Spring Trade fair 1921. Monogrammed and dated. Manufacturer's mark. Volkstedt-Rudolstadt. Oldest Volkstedt porcelain manufactory. Circa 1921.
