Lot: 2974
Date of sale: 25. Thu Jan 2024
Fighting sabre antelopes, Meissen,
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Fighting sabre antelopes, Meissen, Knauff Schwerter 1850-1924, 2nd choice, designed by Otto Pilz in 1912. Signed on the base, model no. B253, A dynamically moving, naturalistically worked group of two sabre antelopes jumping over each other in playful combat on a flat base. Polychrome underglaze painting. restored, h. 30 cm Pilz is best known for his naturalistic, dynamically moving animal figures, which he produced as a freelance sculptor for the Meissen manufactory from 1905. They are among the masterpieces of Art Nouveau porcelain sculpture, see Bergmann, Meissen Figuren A100-Z300, p. 378.
Category: Porcelain
