Painted underglaze.

1x ROSENTHAL, 1938, model no. 1594, design 1936 by Gustav Oppel (1891-1978): young, running bear (h 11 cm). / 1x BING & GRÖNDAHL, 1952-1958, model no. 1825: two young animals scuffling with each other (h 14.5 cm). Minimal wear to 1 paw.

"The striding young bear is one of the last animal models that Gustav Oppel (1891 - 1978) created for the Rosenthal Selb art department. It is clear from the model book that the artist composed this bear both individually and as part of a group of bears (model no. 1593). Oppel's sculpture vividly captures the bear's most distinctive features, its strong physique, the muscular bulge in its neck and the long claws on its paws". (Catalog: Auf der Pirsch - Jagdbare Tiere in Porzellan, Porzellanikon (vol. 117), Hohenberg a.d. Eger 2015, p. 26/Cat.No. 9)Fritz, Hilschenz (1982), pp. 191, 252; Trux, Werner (2002), p. 162.

Literature : Fritz/Hilschenz (1982), pp. 191, 252; Trux/Werner (2002), p. 162.

Provenance : German private collection.