as a free-standing figure it places high demands on the modellers and shapers of the manufactory

Apart from its distinctive turquoise-green coloration and the coloured striped fins

contribute to the Nymphenburg majolica collection

Nymphenburg produces its own porcelain paste today

Glazed on the inside and matt bisque on the outside

10013543 Lotos as a free-standing figure itThe most pioneering design by the Bohemian sculptor Dominikus Auliczek is the PERL service in Louis Seize style, which owes its name to a string of pearls surrounding each individual piece. For the first time in European porcelain history, Auliczek based a service on a 12 sided dodecagon instead of the customary circular shape. Various service items, such as cups and tureens, were also decorated with three dimensional acanthus leaves a typical motif