History
Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg has been handcrafting finest porcelain for 260 years. Porcelain services, figures and objects of the greatest quality and purity have been produced at just this one location in the world – the Nördliches Schlossrondell in Nymphenburg – since the 18th century.
Porcelain was a highly desirable commodity during the baroque period. At the time, porcelain only came from China and so, during the 18th century, attempts were undertaken in Europe to produce the "white gold". The fragile and gentle character of porcelain did not only meet the aesthetic of the time – it also reflected the preference for everything gallant and playful. Which remains the case to this day as experts and collectors of Nymphenburg porcelain see its quality and refinement as unique.
As one of the last, Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg still produces each individual item by hand.
THIS PIECE
Bavarian lion
A lion is a lion? It is not that simple. The Manufactory’s current collection features 20 different versions of arguably the most famous symbol of Bavaria alone. And that is just a small selection. Since the Manufactory was founded, every artist has interpreted the Bavarian heraldic animal in his own way – sometimes heroic, sometimes calm and serious, at others playful. The majestic heraldic animal plays a double role in the history of Nymphenburg: On the one hand, it is intended to recall the Bavarian culture and the Manufactory’s home base, and on the other it makes reference to the House of Wittelsbach and its reign.
Bavarian lions · Lion
| Product number | 01.527 |
| Detail | White-blue, hand painted |
| Design | Ernst Andreas Rauch, 1948 |
| Height | 9 cm |
Admittedly, outside the Free State people were always somewhat sceptical of the Bavarians’ blend of tradition and modernity. Who else would choose a heraldic animal that sometimes sticks its tongue out at others? This posed no problem for the inhabitants of Bavaria. After all, Bavarians are not lacking in self-confidence. Neither is this just eight-centimetre-tall, muscular porcelain lion by Ernst Andreas Rauch. Incidentally, the lion’s tongue, stuck out at the observer over the blue and white escutcheon, is cast separately and subsequently attached to the animal’s majestic body.
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