ROSENTHAL AG, Selb - Kunstabteilung, Head of Christ

White porcelain, semi-matte glaze; black lacquered wood base;
head: 20 x 18 x 11 cm; screen - backing: 32.5 x 24.8 cm; 2 Rosenthal company stickers on back.
Rosenthal AG, Bahnhof Selb (Bavaria), Kunstabteilung, 1936 model (no. 1583), according to sculpture by Paul EGELL (1691-1752), 1937.
Head of Christ, with ascetic, expressive features, closed eyes, with half-length, disheveled hair. Mounted on a black lacquered wooden base - a screen with two screws.
The composition is, according to the list of models realized in the Art Department in Selb, a replica of a sculpture by German sculptor and early Rococo stucco artist Paul Egell (1691-1752), a pupil of Dresden sculptor Balthasar Permoser (1651-1732).Modeled on the head of Christ from the Crucifixion altarpiece for the church in Mannheim? (altarpiece before World War II in the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin).