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Large Figural Group ”Triton and Nereid” from the Centerpiece ”Birth of Beauty” - Paul Scheurich, State Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), March 1953 - Large Figural Group ”Triton and Nereid” from the Centerpiece ”Birth of Beauty” - Paul Scheurich State Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), Berlin March 1953. White porcelain, glazed. Underglaze very faint blue sceptre mark. Impressed white mark with three dots. Impressed: St 9. Base area hollow cast. H. 52 cm. -Lit.: Gronert, Tim D.: Porzellan der KPM Berlin 1918-1988, Band I, Berlin 2020, S. 469. Köllmann, Erich: Berliner Porzellan 1763-1963, Braunschweig 1966, regarding the centerpiece see Vol.I, S.153f. Lechelt, Christian: Porzellan und Politik, Der Tafelaufsatz ”Geburt der Schönheit” von Paul Scheurich, Saarbrücken 2011. Model by Paul Scheurich (1883 New York City - 1945 Brandenburg) from 1939. The large centerpiece ”The Birth of Beauty” was realized according to Scheurich's design drawings. The production books list a total of 15 objects cast. Its theme reflects Scheurich's interpretation of ”Venus Anadyomene” as he took it from Hesiod's Theogony. In this, the goddess Venus is born from the foam of the sea, and she is honored by Tritons and Nereids through the gifting of pearls and treasures of the sea. Scheurich interprets the pure white material of the porcelain shard as the birth material of beauty - he stands here equal to the sea and shapes the divine body. -Condition: Triton's right middle finger loosely attached, firing crack in the base area (externally visible approx. 3 cm).