The ball player

Lot 4812 limit € 750

Meissen, crossed swords mark, 1 cut through, model by Walter Schott 1897, model no. Q 180, barefoot, forward-leaning young lady in antique robe throwing a ball, green equipped and equipped with small spikes, profiled round base with tree support and applied ivy tendril, colored painted, gold equipped, leaves damaged, left index finger as well as throwing hand and ball old remains ., H approx. 37 cm, pommel swords around/after 1897; Walter Schott (1861-1938), sculptor and painter, studied at the Art Academy in Berlin and worked there as a professor from 1903. In addition to the Meissner Manufactory, he also supplied KPM Berlin and Rosenthal with figure models; In the present figure, Schott combines typical elements of Art Nouveau sculpture: the sensuous radiance of the female body, the flowing lines of the limbs and robe, and the delicate color scheme