Porcelain, white glazed, colorful painted
Meissen, Germany, 1998
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Design: Olaf Fieber
Signed underneath ‘O. Fieber’, numbered and dated ‘167/1998’
Manufactory symbol ‘Crossed Swords’
Item number: 94117
Decoration number: 630090
Dimensions: 50 x 24 x 15 cm (height x width x depth)
Weight: c. 4510 grams
Very good condition
Fine Meissner piece with caricatured features

This decorative porcelain bust was made by Meissen and was designed in 1998 by Olaf Fieber. The figure depicts a caricatured portrait of a golfer, whose head is extremely elongated and is crowned by a golf cap. The golfer wears a fashionable golfer shirt with blue collar and smiles at the viewer with fine facial features and blue button eyes. This unique piece of Meissen is titled ‘Handicap der II’.

The bust is signed and provides the symbol of the manufactory, the crossed swords, in underglaze blue at the reverse. It is in very good condition The item number is 94117 and the decoration number is 630090. The dimensions are 50 x 24 x 15 cm.

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

Porcelain has been known in Europe since the 13th Century, but always had to be imported from China. Thus it was mostly of lower quality – the Chinese rarely gave their best ware to the foreigners – and extremely expensive. Europeans tried to copy Chinese porcelain for centuries but only in 1708 managed to create real porcelain – in Meissen. The manufacturer’s brand, the crossed swords in blue, has been in use since 1722 and is still a warrant for the porcelain’s high quality. Meissen celebrated its 300 years of existence in 2008. Quality has always been the number one criteria for Meissen and the company goes as far as to have its own mine to win the needed kaolin from, also known as china clay, for production. It takes several years to reach the degree of a ‘master painter’ in Meissen but judging by the quality of the painting, it is definitely worth it.

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