Junges Nilpferd biskuit weiß lively facial expression

lively facial expression

The richness of detail in the figures is expressed through all the subtleties of the velvety matt surface

Aufgrund ihrer flüssigkeits- und schmutzabweisenden Blätter gilt die Lotos-Blüte im ostasiatischen Raum als Symbol der Reinheit

A sculptural model is often preceded by numerous studies of the subject in motion

which remains one of the manufactory's most beautiful to this day

Junges Nilpferd biskuit weiß lively facial expressionThe international career of the Nymphenburg animal figures was initiated at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Theodor Krner, Josef Wackerle, August Ghring and Luise Terletzki Scherf shaped the unmistakable style of the manufactory the first giving their figures a lifelike representation while Scherf created animals with an idiosyncratic character and unique colours. Today the Nymphenburg range includes over 700 animal figurines. To be