Rare monumental figure "Lynx". A lynx standing in a lurking posture on a grassy plinth with branches, its head turned to the left. Polychrome overglaze painting with strong colour accents. Designed by Arthur Storch (1870 - 1947), 1921. e-monogr. "ASt.". Unw. rest/rep.; production-related glaze cracks. Manufacturer's mark. H. 56 cm. The design of the lynx belongs to an important group of a total of 16 monumental animal figures and mythical creatures after models by Arthur Storch and Hugo Meisel. They were first exhibited by the oldest Volkstedt porcelain manufactory in 1921 at the Leipzig Spring Fair in the "Porzellan-Palais" with sensational prestige. Due to their extraordinary size, their production posed a particular technical challenge, which meant that the figurines were only moulded in small series of an estimated 10 pieces per model. Since the large Meissen figures by J. G. Kirchner and J. J. Kaendler for Augustus the Strong, no one had dared to attempt such feats of "artistic and technical craftsmanship". Cf. cat. Schwarzburger Werkstätten, p. 272 ff.; Fritzsche, Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanmanufaktur, p. 211f.; Zimmermann, in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 49, 1921 - 1922, p. 46ff.; Porzellanland Thüringen, p. 243ff, Cat. Grassi-Museum, Art Nouveau, p. 58, Emmerich, Porzellan-Palais, 1921, p. 5ff.; Lauterbach, no. 60. Provenance: from the estate of an important North German private collection. A rare monumental porcelain figure of a lynx. Insignificantly restored/repaired. Production-related glaze cracks. Manufacturer's mark. Volkstedt-Rudolstadt. Oldest Volkstedt porcelain manufactory. 1920s.