PORZELLANFABRIK L. HUTSCHENREUTHER, Selb - Abteilung für Kunsta, Art déco dancer (Tänzerin LIBELLE).

porcelain, enamel paints, gilding;
height 30 cm, base 11.8 cm wide;
Signed in green chrome print: Hutschenreuther / in an oval a lion walking to the left and the letters -L-H-S-/ Selb Bavaria/ Abteilung für Kunst; at the edge of the base gilt.7., back on the moulding at the edge of the base imprint: K. TUTTER.
Germany, Selb (Bavaria), L. Hutschenreuther porcelain factory, Art Department, Karl Tutter (1883-1969) model of 1928, 1920s-1930s.
On an 8-sided conical base, a figure of a dancer in an expressive pose; she stands on her right leg, slightly hunched over, with her head tilted forward and the palms of both hands extended flat; wearing stiletto heels, a corset and a short skirt with ruffles. Karl Tutter designed the figurine in juxtaposition with an art déco platter-bowl, with the possibility of using both for table decoration.