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Modeled as a ‘lion’ and a ‘hellhound’, each fierce creature modeled with its mouth open to show its fangs and tongue, standing atop scrollwork, the lion with a salamander or lizard to its base, the hellhound with a snake
2812 in. (72.3 cm.) wide, overall, the lion
29 in. (73.5 cm.) wide, overall, the hellhound
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Born in Volkstedt in 1870, Arthur Storch studied with W. von Rumann at the Munich Academy until 1911, then in Hamberg from 1911-1917, before moving his family back to Volkstedt, where the present beasts were made. His model of a mandrill monkey was exhibited at the 1921 Leipzig fair at the Porzellanpalais Leipzig, the same year the present lion is dated.

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