Large Porcelain Animal Figure, Silver Pheasant, Rosenthal Selb Germany, C. 1923
By Theodor Kärner, Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Déco Figurine by Rosenthal:
Large depiction of a silver pheasant sitting on a leafy branch with sparse polychrome painting, blue-grey plumage, head turned backwards.
On an irregular natural base, artist's signature 'KÄRNER' on the top of the base behind the animal.
Manufactory: Selb / Bavaria / Rosenthal Germany
Dating: manufactured 1923
Material and technique: porcelain / chinaware / painted / glossy finish
Design: THEODOR KAERNER (1884 - 1966) German porcelain and animal sculptor, 1898–1903 training as a modeller at the Hutschenreuther company, 1914 and 1921 enrolled as a guest student with the animal painter Heinrich von Zügel at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, worked as a permanent sculptor in the Nymphenburg porcelain factory in Munich, later as Freelancer at the Rosenthal company in Selb, he was then employed as the artistic director of the Allach porcelain...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Theodor Kärner Porcelain