Antique German porcelain sculpture composition "The Abduction of Europe"
Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur).
Design: Adolf Ambre (1874 Hanau - 1913 Berlin).
Material: porcelain, gilding, glaze.
Size: height 40 cm, length 40 cm, depth 14 cm.
Time and place of creation: 1910, Germany.
According to Greek mythology: "Europa is the daughter of Agenor, the Phoenician king of the ancient Syrian coast.
She was playing with her friends by the sea. Zeus, the god of the gods, appeared to her in the form of a white bull and kidnapped her,
he took her on his back to the island of Crete, where Zeus took the form of a beautiful young man and took possession of Europe and produced children from her.
After that, Zeus wanted to immortalize her, so he flew with Europa on his back, looked at the ocean and threw her
to create the continent of Europe from her body. So Europe will live "forever".
