Bavaria auf Sockel | 20 cm Brieföffner The coloring in celadon and

The coloring in celadon and shell pink as well as the interplay between glazed and bisque porcelain emphasize the delicacy of the objects

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Unglazed "bisque" porcelain accentuates the sculptural qualities of the Nymphenburg animals particularly well

The international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures initiated at the beginning of the 20th century

Clara is the icon of the Nymphenburg Manufactory

Bavaria auf Sockel | 20 cm Brieföffner The coloring in celadon andIn the same year as the inauguration of the world famous Bavaria statue on the Theresienhhe in Munich, her twenty centimetre tall porcelain sister emerged from the kiln of the master workshops in Nymphenburg. Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler, one of the principal masters of classical sculpture in Southern Germany, was responsible for the elaboration of both designs. He consciously dressed the secular patron saint of Bavaria in Germanic fashion in a