10001879 elfenbein glasiert created a series that is

created a series that is based entirely on paper models and

The texture shows traces of an eventful elephant life

complemented by a perfectly modelled lobster as a handle for the terrine lid

vases and votives under the title MEERESKOLLEKTION

to which its name also refers

10001879 elfenbein glasiert created a series that isThe animal repertoire of the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg alone comprises two dozen elephants. Most of them were designed by the Thuringian sculptor August Ghring. When he took up his position as a modeller in Nymphenburg in 1914, he was fascinated by the aura of elephants, which he studied in great detail at Hellabrunn Zoo. Elephants are considered wise, strong and endowed with an extraordinary memory.