Sitzender Eisbär. Um 1903.
Bronze with dark brown patina.
Cf. Feilen/Zügel 230 (porcelain figure). With name and foundry mark on verso of lower margin "Brandstetter München". 25 x 16 x 19 cm (9,8 x 6,2 x 7,4 in).
The artist executed the chasing on this plastic himself, patination executed by foundry Brandstetter. Willy Zügel's small animal plastics show both domestic as well as exotic animals in characteristic motion. [DB].