
VASE WITH THE SHEEPSTER, Royal Dux, ca. 1900
Signature: Royal Dux Bohemia in a pink triangle; 1720;
Royal Dux Bohemia - a Czech porcelain manufactory, whose beginnings date back to 1853 in Dux. In 1860 it was purchased by the modeller Eduard Eichler, focused on the production of faience, terracotta and majolica. In 1898 it was transformed into Duxer Porzellan Manufaktur AG based in Berlin. At that time, porcelain production began and the mark known to this day in the form of a pink triangle with an acorn and the inscription "Royal Dux Bohemia" was introduced.
Czech Republic, around 1900
Porcelain.
Dimensions: 69cm x 26cm x 24cm
Condition: very good.
A powerful vase with an elaborate decorative form.
The trapezoidal foot received a belt-like multiplication of leaves. It carries a low-set belly, smoothly transitioning into a high neck with a fluid infusion.
The figurative setting presents a walking shepherdess carrying a magnificent tuft of hay. Small kids stretch their necks towards her hands. A spreading flower branch dominates the whole.