GERMAN DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTURE:
SELB / BAVARIA / ROSENTHAL GERMANY
DATING:
VERSION AROUND 1923
MATERIAL: WHITE PORCELAIN, PAINTED, GLAZED
TECHNOLOGY:
HAND SHAPED AND PAINTED PORCELAIN
DESIGNER: JOSEF LIMBURG (1874 - 1955)
was a German sculptor and medalist; attended the Royal Drawing Academy in Hanau until 1894. From 1894 to 1895 he was a student of Victor Tilgner in Vienna, and from 1895 to 1900 he studied with Ernst Herter, Anton von Werner and Gerhard Janensch at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he lived until his death.
DRAFT around 1923
'ENJOYMENT OF LIFE'
Monumental figure of Flora with chin-length hair in a long dress that loosely hugs her beautiful body, resting her right foot on a low pedestal and holding with both hands a large, heavy garland of flowers placed over her right shoulder, flanked on the left and right by two cupids, one of them standing, bow and arrow in his right hand, embracing the garland with his left, the other sitting on the dais and placing one end of the heavy floral work on his shoulder.
The group is based on a white, stepped rectangular base with frieze decoration, artist's signature 'Jos.Limburg' on the back of the base.
DIMENSIONS::
Height: 41.5 cm / Width: 16.5 cm
BRANDS:
GREEN ROSENTHAL BRAND WITH CROWN AND CROSSED ROSE STEMS / ROSENTHAL / SELB-BAVARIA
MODEL NUMBER K 656
CONDITION:
EXCELLENT
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTORY:
SELB / BAVARIA / ROSENTHAL GERMANY
DATING:
MADE CIRCA 1923
MATERIAL:
WWHITE PORCELAIN, PAINTED, GLOSSY FINISH
TECHNIQUE:
HANDMADE AND PAINTED PORCELAIN
DESIGNER: JOSEF LIMBURG (1874 - 1955)
was a German sculptor and medalist; attended the Royal Drawing Academy in Hanau until 1894. From 1894 to 1895 he was a pupil of Victor Tilgner in Vienna, and from 1895 to 1900 he studied with Ernst Herter, Anton von Werner and Gerhard Janensch at the Royal Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he lived until his death.
DESIGN around 1923
'JOY OF LIFE'
Monumental figure of Flora with chin-length hair in a long dress loosely embracing the beautiful body, her right foot resting on a low pedestal and holding with both hands a large, heavy garland of flowers draped over her right shoulder, flanked on the left and right by two cupids, one standing, bow and arrow in his right hand, embracing the garland with his left, the other seated on the pedestal and placing one end of the heavy floral work on his shoulder.
The group is based on a white, stepped rectangular base with frieze decoration, artist's signature 'Jos.Limburg' on the back of the base.
DIMENSIONS:
height: 16.33 in / width: 6.49 in
MARKS:
GREEN ROSENTHAL MARK WITH CROWN AND CROSSED ROSE STEMS / ROSENTHAL / SELB-BAVARIA
MODEL NUMBER K 656
CONDITION:
EXCELLENT
