10001879 elfenbein glasiert Details: porcelain

Details: porcelain

created a series that is based entirely on paper models and

As we know

vases and votives under the title MEERESKOLLEKTION

Im umfangreichen Figurenrepertoire der Manufaktur finden sich auch vermeintlich unscheinbare

10001879 elfenbein glasiert Details: porcelainThe animal repertoire of the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg alone comprises two dozen elephants. Most of them were designed by the Thuringian sculptor August Ghring. When he took up his position as a modeller in Nymphenburg in 1914, he was fascinated by the aura of elephants, which he studied in great detail at Hellabrunn Zoo. Elephants are considered wise, strong and endowed with an extraordinary memory.