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Rare groupe en porcelaine blanche de Meissen représentant cavalière tombant de son cheval, vers 1937
A rare Meissen white group of a falling rider (Stürzende Reiterin), circa 1937 Factory Example
A rare Meissen white group of a falling rider (Stürzende Reiterin), circa 1937
29 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €3,840 inc. premium
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Rare groupe en porcelaine blanche de Meissen représentant cavalière tombant de son cheval, vers 1937
A rare Meissen white group of a falling rider (Stürzende Reiterin), circa 1937
A rare Meissen white group of a falling rider (Stürzende Reiterin), circa 1937
Factory Example
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, the rider depicted with her legs in the air, the horse buckling with its hind legs in the air, 41cm high, 34cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with four incised cancellation mark indicating a factory example, impressed crossed swords mark and 'Weiss' to the base, incised model number A.1258 and former number 117 (some restoration to extremeties)
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, the rider depicted with her legs in the air, the horse buckling with its hind legs in the air, 41cm high, 34cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with four incised cancellation mark indicating a factory example, impressed crossed swords mark and 'Weiss' to the base, incised model number A.1258 and former number 117 (some restoration to extremeties)
Footnotes
The model was completed in 1932 and delivered to the Meissen manufactory at the end of April 1933, which purchased it for RM 2,500. After the departure of Max Adolf Pfeiffer that same year, the production of the group was halted on grounds of "decency," prompting a dispute with Scheurich that remained unresolved until Wolfgang Müller von Baczko assumed directorship in late 1936. Under his leadership, the falling rider group was no longer deemed indecent, but instead hailed as "completely first-rate" [,,ganz ausgezeichnet"]. It was produced in porcelain from the beginning of 1937 and was among the models by Scheurich awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris World Exhibition of 1937. The first sales were in 1937 and, by the end of 1945, a total of 17 examples were sold.
Another example was in the collection of Prof. J. Rafael, sold in these rooms, 14 April 2022, lot 109.
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