Art Nouveau Children's Group Two Girls by A. Koenig for Meissen Porcelain, Germany, 1912s

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Extremely rare meissen art nouveau porcelain group: two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a striped skirt … Read more Extremely rare meissen art nouveau porcelain group: two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a striped skirt and white and blue long-sleeved bodice, her hair pinned up in two side buns, grabbing the arm of the younger child in a red and violet dress who is sitting on the floor and pulling her up. The model joins a series of beach motifs by alfred koenig. Based on a white round pedestal with lateral relief structure and green border. Very lifelike and loving representation of the characters and the details designer: alfred könig (1871 - 1940) studied at the art academy in dresden, since 1897 he worked in the meissen manufactory as a designer and modeler. The artist specialized in the design of human figures in various variations, such as genre figures, children, athletes, soldiers etc. Model b 290 was created 1911/1912. Manufactory: meissen germany dating: made ca. 1912 material: white porcelain, glossy finish technique: handmade and finest hand painting size: height: 18.0 cm / 7.08 inches width: 8.0 cm / 3.14 inches depth: 9.5 cm / 3.74 inches marks: blue meissen underglaze crossed sword mark first quality model number b 290 former's number 127 painter's number 67 bibliography: thomas & sabine bergmann, meissen - figures, model numbers a 100 - z 300, erlangen germany 2010, catalog number 410, on page 218. Condition: very good. This piece has an attribution mark,
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