Exclusive and extremely rare Art Deco figurine titled “Grace”(dancer), designed in 1930 by the famous artist Gustav Oppel (1891-1978) for Rosenthal Art Department in Selb Bavaria, in perfect condition. It depicts an incredible beautiful flapper girl dancing and posing with grace, masterpiece with delicate details in pure shiny white porcelain. This is a rare collector item figurine described in well known catalogs “100 Jahre “ page 14 and “Niecol” vol3, page 71. Gustav Oppel was a well-known German modeller and sculptor who learned the profession of a model maker at the Aeltesten Volkstedter porcelain factory in Rudolstadt-Volkstedt, where his father and brother Alfred Oppel worked. Before 1912, he began studying at the drawing school at the Academy of Applied Arts in Dresden and institute Kunstgewerbemuseum in Munich under the supervision of Professor Heinrich Waderé and pupil of Joseph Wackerle. Since the turn of 1918/1919 he worked as an independent sculptor (porcelain sculpture) and made designs between 1915-1924 for the Schwarzburger Werkstätten for Porzellankunst in Unterweißbach, the Aelteste Volksstedter porcelain factory in Rudolstadt, and between 1924-36 for Rosenthal in Selb Bavaria. He was a member of the Reich Union of German Artists. It is in excellent condition more to pristine, marked with Rosenthal Selb Bavaria mark of the period, impressed numbered #K.1119/1, first quality certified, impressed G.O. on the top of the base, NO chips, NO cracks and NO repairs, please see the pictures as they are part of description. Height: 19 cm Length: 12,3 cm Width: 11 cm It will be very carefully and safely packed ! With love and respect for the porcelain - “ The White Gold “