wie Tassen und Terrinen

the piece is fired and then polished by hand with agate or bloodstone tools

the ingenious animal sculptor carried out intensive studies of nature before he designed such perfectly modeled figures as Anton the King Bunny for the manufactory's master workshops

these miniatures grow in the hands of the artisans

Konstantin Grcic has gone to the limits of what is possible with porcelain as a material: a paper-thin letter opener made of porcelain

10019536 Carsten Höller wie Tassen und TerrinenUnglazed "bisque" porcelain accentuates the sculptural qualities of the Nymphenburg animals particularly well. The black pigment of the body underlines the richness of detail in the fiugres with particular accentuation.