BRIDE AS EUROPE ON THE BULL FROM THE "HOCHZEITSZUG" CENTREPIECE

Description:

KPM, Berlin, 1912
L. 40,5/H. 41 cm
Design by Adolf Amberg (1878-1913). Gold and black decoration on the horns, head and feet. Signed "AMBERG" on the base. Underglaze blue sceptre mark, red imperial orb mark, year letter "M", model no. 9366, painter's signature in black "GK" for Gertrud Kant. At the base slightly chiped.
From an old South German Private Collection.
The "Wedding Procession" (Hochzeitszug) was designed by Adolf Amberg in 1904/05 for the wedding of the German Crown Prince on 6 June 1905. Lit. Treskow, Die Jugendstil-Porzellane der KPM Berlin, Passau 1971, Abb. 190; Bröhan, Porzellankunst, Berlin Charlottenburg 1969, Nr. 657; M. Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan im 20. Jahrhundert, S. 208.