Clown Orchestra Violin Player by Peter Strang for Meissen, 1994

Excellent Meissen Porcelain Figurine: Clown standing with his legs apart, his face painted white and his blue hair styled in an idiosyncratic hairstyle like animal horns with tips curving to the side, an oversized red and white spotted bow tie around his neck, dressed in a brown, baggy, stained, oversized tailcoat and brown and white checked, wide, slightly too short trousers, playing a much too small violin and swaying to the music. Based on a small, curved, stepped square base with bevelled corners, artist's signature 'PS 89' for the year of design on the back of the base. A series of circus figures by Peter Strang, the long-standing chief sculptor at the Meissen manufactory, are an extraordinary homage to the colourful world of acrobats and magicians, full of movement and humour, handmade unique pieces with loving details, artfully painted. with their distinctive, expressive design language, they combine traditional porcelain art with contemporary expressiveness and poetry.

Designed by Peter STRANG (1936 - 2022) Sculptor, from 1950 at the Meissen manufactory, studied at the academy in Dresden, 1973-2001 artistic director at the Meissen manufactory, then freelance, from 1981 resident in Moritzburg, created numerous genre and animal figures as well as wall sculptures.

Manufactory: Meissen Germany Designed: 1989 Manufactured 1994 Technique: Handmade porcelain, finest handpainting, glossy finish

Dimensions: Height: 21,0 cm / 8.26 in Width: 11,0 cm / 4.33 in Depth: 7,0 cm / 2.75 in Marks: Meissen underglaze blue crossed sword mark of 20th century / First quality Model number 60465 / Former's number 38 / Painter's number 2811 Year's sign 1994 Bibliography: Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Supplement Meissen Artist's - Figures, Model numbers A 100 - Z 300, Erlangen, Deutschland, 2010, catalogue number 2848 on page 370. Condition: Very good