LARGE PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BEAR.
Meissen. Model M. Esser; 1929.

Porcelain; white. The young bear sitting on a base and looking slightly to the right. On the paws; the claws
come through the finely worked-out fur. Hight 65;5cm.
Swordsmark with 4 cancellation marks. Condition B/C. With several firing cracks and firing flaws.

Literature:
- Br鰄an; Karl H. (ed.:) Porzellan; Kunst und Design 1889-1939; vom Jugendstil zum
Funktionalismus; Bestandskatalog Vol.2 des Br鰄an-Museums; Berlin; 1996. For Max Esser cf.
p.108.
- Marusch-Krohn; Caren: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit; Leipzig 1993; for
Max Esser cf. p.105-112.

As a student of August Gaul; Max Esser advanced to the leading animal plastic artists of
the Pfeiffer era. He first began his career in the workshops of Schwarzburg; before moving
on to a career as a free artist for the manufacture in Meissen from 1919 onwards for the
following three years. Furthermore; he kept a so-called Master atelier there from 1923
onwards. Esser produced more than 100 models for the manufacture. In order to craft
plastic arts as naturalistically as possible his studies regularly led him to the Berlin
zoo.Art trade; Van Ham.