KPM Berlin Porcelain Picture Plaque 'Antigone and Ismene' Germany 1908 - Antique

Exquisite porcelain painting after a tableau by Emil Teschendorff Manufactory: KPM Royal porcelain manufactory Berlin, Germany Dating: 1908 Material: porcelain, painted, glossy finish Technique: handmade porcelain Subject: 'Antigone And Ismene' Exquisite porcelain painting depicting a scene from the tragedy 'Antigone' by the ancient Greek poet Sophocles: Antigone tells her sister Ismene about Kreon's ban on burying Polyneikes. The painting 'Antigone and Ismene' by Emil Teschendorff (1833-1894) was often copied and also exists as an engraving. In a custom gold gilded wooden frame.