On a round, profiled pedestal with a braided band border stands a standing girl, leaning forward, in a delicately thin, body-hugging, pink-staffed dress, holding a golden ball in her right hand for throwing. Polychrome painting with gold. Possibly by Walter Schott, 1897. Model number Q 180. Minimal restoration; sword mark. Height 36.5 cm. See Berling, Festchrift 1910, illustration 266. Provenance: From the estate of a significant North German private collection. An Art Nouveau porcelain figure of a female playing bowl. Minor restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1897-1923.