Grapes figure

Josef Drahoňovský, executed by the State Technical School of Ceramics Prague, 1936

Glazed white porcelain

H: 34.5 cm

Markings: ST. ČSL. ŠKOLA KERAMICKÁ PRAHA printed in a frame in black under the glaze on pedestal

UMP 14196

Josef Drahoňovský was inspired by the fertile powers of the Ephesian Artemis in his design dating from 1920. He cast the figure from bronze and then from glazed earthenware; the final version was made of porcelain. Purchased for the museum directly from the artist in 1938.