Hentschel child

Lot 4026 limit € 1.900

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, draft by Konrad Hentschel 1904, model no. U 149, "Child with picture book", colored painting, partially restored, height approx. 10.5 cm, model from the design period around/after 1904; Konrad Hentschel (1872 Cölln - 1907 Meissen), painter, designer and sculptor, studied at the Art Academy in Munich and Dresden, since 1889 in the manufactory, one of the most important Art Nouveau artists in Meissen, designed numerous tableware forms, his figurines culminated in a series of 12 playing children