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Lot 1135 | Meissen | Ensemble "The abduction"
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7.000
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ENSEMBLE "THE ABDUCTION".
Meissen.
Date: 20th century.
Maker/Designer: Model Paul Scheurich.
Technique: Porcelain, decorated with colors and gold.
Description: A slender, stylized horse on an oval base. Prince Kamr al Akmar with turban, a dancer's
costume and a long saber, on its back. Behind him the stolen princess Shems Ulnahar, in
balloon pants and with finely decorated headdress, as she holds on to his hips.
Measurement: Height 35cm.
Mark: Swordsmark with one grinding mark. On tree stump inscr. "Scheurich".
Literature:
- Marusch-Krohn, Caren: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit, Leipzig 1933, fig. 72.
- Rafael, Johannes: Paul Scheurich, 1883-1945, Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, Meissen 1995, p.78 and fig. 35.2.
In her memoirs, Paul Scheurich's wife describes her husband's close collaboration with the Meissen manufactory on the designs and staffage of his figurines. He was allowed to let his creativity unfold: ".Especially in Meissen I found artistic freedom in my work, I also had freedom in the choice of motifs and the artistic form of expression". (Quoted in Rafael, John, p. 19)
The freedom mentioned by Scheurich, is especially evident in the rather rare ensemble "the Abduction" (formerly titled "Turk and Turkess on Horseback"). It is one of Scheurich's most cheerful designs and convinces by its light-heartedness. As if escaped from a magical world, the free and imaginative design of the lovers on horseback, takes the viewer into the world of the Arabian nights. To ensure the lightness and expressiveness of his design, he gave the workers in the manufactory precise instructions for the shape and staffage of the group: "Eyes of him and her bright," he writes on the design sheet. "Spots on the horse underlaid with a light tone and towards the center larger and darker, dappled." Next to it, he drew the group from all four sides with the greatest accuracy. (Fig. 35.1)
The sketches and design drafts of the group, as well as the detailed specifications for the staffage, have been preserved in the manufactory's archives and still bear witness to the detailed implementation of Scheurich's ideas by the Meissen manufactory.
At the 1937 World's Fair, the figure and its staffage were awarded the Grand Prix.
Meissen.
Date: 20th century.
Maker/Designer: Model Paul Scheurich.
Technique: Porcelain, decorated with colors and gold.
Description: A slender, stylized horse on an oval base. Prince Kamr al Akmar with turban, a dancer's
costume and a long saber, on its back. Behind him the stolen princess Shems Ulnahar, in
balloon pants and with finely decorated headdress, as she holds on to his hips.
Measurement: Height 35cm.
Mark: Swordsmark with one grinding mark. On tree stump inscr. "Scheurich".
Literature:
- Marusch-Krohn, Caren: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit, Leipzig 1933, fig. 72.
- Rafael, Johannes: Paul Scheurich, 1883-1945, Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, Meissen 1995, p.78 and fig. 35.2.
In her memoirs, Paul Scheurich's wife describes her husband's close collaboration with the Meissen manufactory on the designs and staffage of his figurines. He was allowed to let his creativity unfold: ".Especially in Meissen I found artistic freedom in my work, I also had freedom in the choice of motifs and the artistic form of expression". (Quoted in Rafael, John, p. 19)
The freedom mentioned by Scheurich, is especially evident in the rather rare ensemble "the Abduction" (formerly titled "Turk and Turkess on Horseback"). It is one of Scheurich's most cheerful designs and convinces by its light-heartedness. As if escaped from a magical world, the free and imaginative design of the lovers on horseback, takes the viewer into the world of the Arabian nights. To ensure the lightness and expressiveness of his design, he gave the workers in the manufactory precise instructions for the shape and staffage of the group: "Eyes of him and her bright," he writes on the design sheet. "Spots on the horse underlaid with a light tone and towards the center larger and darker, dappled." Next to it, he drew the group from all four sides with the greatest accuracy. (Fig. 35.1)
The sketches and design drafts of the group, as well as the detailed specifications for the staffage, have been preserved in the manufactory's archives and still bear witness to the detailed implementation of Scheurich's ideas by the Meissen manufactory.
At the 1937 World's Fair, the figure and its staffage were awarded the Grand Prix.
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