Large Art Deco animal figure

Lot 3940 limit € 4.800

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, designed by Max Esser 1921, model no. G 259, mandarin duck on a leaf base, mandarin duck standing on a round base decorated with water lily leaves and reeds, head turned sideways, polychrome on-glaze painting, height approx. 37.5 cm, model from the design period around 1921; Max Esser (1885 in Barth - 1945 in Berlin), animal sculptor, artisan, studied at the Academy in Berlin, student of Prof. August Gaul, debut in 1906 on the stage at the art exhibition, 1919-1931 employee at the Meissen manufactory, since 1923 head of the painter's studio and created the centerpiece “Reineke Fuchs. He is one of the most talented animal sculptors and most sought-after modelers in Germany between the wars. In keeping with the spirit of his teacher August Gaul, the animal sculptor Max Esser perfectly understood how to combine the nature of the animal depicted with the clear, elegant lines of Art Deco. He was responsible for a number of figures that were famous for their beauty of form.