10001879 elfenbein glasiert Details: porcelain

Details: porcelain

transluzent erscheinenden Porzellans wider

Im umfangreichen Figurenrepertoire der Manufaktur finden sich auch vermeintlich unscheinbare

The texture shows traces of an eventful elephant life

to which its name also refers

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.