Large Meissen Art Nouveau animal group "Fighting ibexes". On a round, moulded base, a dynamic group of two ibexes fighting in naturalistic execution, designed in a round view and worked in full relief. Polychrome underglaze painting in grey-brown and olive-green tones. Designed by Otto Pilz, 1913, model no. B 297, marked; rest; crossed swords mark. H. 41 cm. Otto Pilz (1876 - 1934) created numerous models for the Meissen manufactory as a freelance sculptor from 1905 onwards, including a series of naturalistic animal figures, some of them extremely spirited and full of movement, which are among the best achievements of modern Art Nouveau porcelain sculpture. Cf. Bröhan-Museum, vol. V/2, no. 58; Just, p. 159; Jedding, Meißener Porzellan des 19. und 20. Jhs., p. 116 f.; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1912, pp. 284 - 288. An Art Nouveau porcelain group of two fighting ibexs modelled by O. Pilz. Restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1935 - 1945.