Meissen "Polar Bear, large" Designed by Otto Jarl in 1903, signed, underglaze blue sword mark after 1948, cancelled four times, incised model number T.181, moulding number 23, year mark for 1951 and brush number 11, naturalistic form with subtle underglaze painting, good condition with manufacturing flaws, the base partially warped and with small shrinkage cracks, larger firing cracks to the base of the leg factory-laminated, h 25.5 cm, l 50 cm. Source: Bergmann, Meissener Künstler-Figuren, vol. I, p. 347, fig. 679.

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