Augarten Wien - Figure - Porcelain

The statue "Piaffe" is a porcelain piece from the renowned Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten (Augarten Porcelain Manufacture, in Vienna), depicting a Lipizzaner horse from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna performing the movement "Piaffe".

It is made of hand-painted porcelain with gilded details on the oval base, and includes an inscription with the name of the movement ("Piaffe - Spanische Reitschule"), and the date 1926. The intense colors, the realism of the details, stirrups, spurs, straps, etc., and the perfection of the expression of the rider and the horse, make these pieces captivating.

It has an imposing size, measuring approximately 26 cm in height.

The statue is in very good condition, considering it is about 100 years old. It has two minuscule, almost imperceptible cracks that do not detract from the piece's beauty, one on the rim of the rider’s hat and another on the inner ear of the horse. The photos are part of the description.

Marked with the blue shield and crown bearing the inscription "Wien", used between 1923 and 1989.

Piaffe is one of the most demanding lessons of classical dressage, requiring the horse to maintain a cadenced, suspended trot, almost entirely in the same place.

The famous figures of the Spanish Riding School were originally sculpted for Augarten by master sculptors such as Prof. Albin Döbrich (circa 1925–1930) and Karin Jarl-Sakellarios.

These figures are true feats of porcelain engineering, often requiring up to 70 individually molded pieces, which are joined with liquid porcelain paste before firing and glazing phases.

The rider is painted in the traditional uniform of the Spanish Riding School: a two-point hat, a red tailcoat, and tan-colored white breeches.

The Spanish Riding School in Vienna was established in the 16th century and has preserved the classical art of Haute École riding for more than 450 years.

Shipped in well-packaged condition.