Art Nouveau Girl with Child Figurine by T. Eichler for Meissen, 1905

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Extremely rare meissen art nouveau porcelain group: two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up … Read more Extremely rare meissen art nouveau porcelain group: two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up in a bun in a blue fringed white dress with a yellow petticoat crouching next to a little girl in a blue dress with white stylized flowers, holding bouquets of flowers in both hands and holding her on one hand, while the little one bends over to the older one, puts the other hand on her hair and looks deep into her eyes. Based on a white, irregular round base with gray painted square and line decoration. Very lifelike and loving representation of the characters and the details. Designer: karl theodor eichler (1868-1946) german porcelain modeler and sculptor; after an aptitude test, he began studying drawing and modeling with ernst august leuteritz and emmerich andresen in the meißen porcelain factory in 1885. In september 1886 he was hired in the factory and completed a five-year training as a bossier. Then studied at the dresden school of applied arts, then modeler in the meissen porcelain factory. Already during his studies he received several awards, his sculptures were characterized by objectivity and realism. Model w 130 was created 1905. Manufactory: meissen germany dating: made ca. 1905 material: white porcelain, glossy finish technique: handmade and finest hand painting size: height: 21.0 cm / 8.26 inches width: 16.0 cm / 6.29 inches depth: 14.0 cm / 5.51 inches marks: blue meissen underglaze crossed sword mark first quality model number w 130 former's number 50 painter's number 74 bibliography: thomas & sabine bergmann, meissen - figures, model numbers a 100 - z 300, erlangen germany 2010, catalog number 408, on page 269. Condition: very good. This piece has an attribution mark,
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