An ivory sculpture 'A pair of marmots in front of its hole'
Bruno Otto Schäfer (Leipzig 1883 - Frankfurt a. M. 1957)
Lot-No. 595
Carved ivory, h. 9 cm, at the side ligated monogr. 'BS'. Age-related fine hairline cracking. - German sculptor. 1901-1905 education at the Frankfurt School of Arts and Crafts. 1906 Rome award of the City of Vienna, then study visit in Rome, around 1940 professor for sculpture at the Offenbach Academy for Art and Design. - He designed inter alia for the porcelain manufactory Plaue and the Karlsruhe majolika-manufactory.
Bruno Otto Schäfer: An ivory sculpture 'A pair of marmots in front of its hole'
Bruno Otto Schäfer (Leipzig 1883 - Frankfurt a. M. 1957)
An ivory sculpture 'A pair of marmots in front of its hole'
Lot-No. 595
Carved ivory, h. 9 cm, at the side ligated monogr. 'BS'. Age-related fine hairline cracking. - German sculptor. 1901-1905 education at the Frankfurt School of Arts and Crafts. 1906 Rome award of the City of Vienna, then study visit in Rome, around 1940 professor for sculpture at the Offenbach Academy for Art and Design. - He designed inter alia for the porcelain manufactory Plaue and the Karlsruhe majolika-manufactory.
