536 - Rosenthal Classic Rose Collection, Rococo dancer with rose decoration and gilt highlights

Rosenthal Classic Rose Collection, Rococo dancer with rose decoration and gilt highlights Porcelain, polychrome painted, gilt, figure of a Rococo dancer from the Rosenthal Classic Rose Collection, model 206/1, designed by Erna Freifrau von Langenmantel-Reitzenstein, on the base the green mark "CLASSIC ROSE COLLECTION", "ROSENTHAL GROUP GERMANY" and "Handgemalt", additionally inscribed by another hand, lady in golden dress with white underskirt, the latter printed with golden rose bouquets and silver-grey leaf tendrils, at the hem an encircling golden border with intertwined rose ornaments, the dancer in motion, lifting the hem of her skirt with both hands, the face with finely worked features and red lips, grey Rococo high hairstyle, good condition commensurate with age, slightly soiled, D. 15 cm, H. 17.5 cm. 360-degree photo available on our website. The sculptor Langenmantel-Reitzenstein (1890–1968) designed model 206/1 in 1913 for the art department of Rosenthal in Selb. She had been a member of the Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft since 1910 and created several dance figures in courtly style for Rosenthal, including the Empire dancer (model 207) circa 1913. The company goes back to Philipp Rosenthal, who opened a porcelain painting workshop in Selb in 1879 and founded his own porcelain factory a good decade later. From the 1970s Rosenthal reissued popular designs and marked these editions with the addition "Classic Rose Collection" in the mark.