Zaphir Lladro 684 Street Musicians Violin Cello Glazed Retired Large Figurine
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Zaphir Lladro 684 Street Musicians Violin Cello Glazed Retired Large Figurine:
$249.99
This is the beautiful Zaphir Lladro #684G \"Street Musicians\" in a glazed finish. It depicts 2 men/boys playing on the street with a violin and cello dressed in winter coat and scarf. It was retired in 1982. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs, but the string on the handle of the cello has popped (still attached on one side). It is extremely rare, especially to find it in this condition. It measures about 13\" tall and 8.5\" wide and 6\" deep. No original box. It is larger and heavier than most Lladros. This is from a smoke-free and pet-free home.
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The sculptor for Zaphir was none other than Jose Puche, one of the famous core collection sculptors of Lladro.
How this came about is an interesting matter for conjecture. Did the Lladró brothers give him leave to begin a new brand on their behalf? Or was he trying to strike out on his own?
In the history and tradition of pottery and porcelain-making, it was not unusual for artists to move from brand to brand and company to company. Similar movement in and out of the Lladró collections would only be surprising if it hadnothappened.[9/23/07 Update:Actually, I have an official NAO price list from Lladró for the year 1981 that has the intriguing headline \"Zaphir (USA) Distribution Corp.\" So at least as of 1981, we have this circumstantial evidence that Zaphir was a Lladró-affiliated name. This doesn\'t, of course, rule out that Puche could have started abrandby that name on his own as early as 1978. It\'s also possible that Puche\'s company was, at least at that date, serving as the actual distribution network for the NAO by Lladró brand as well as its own Zaphir brand. After all, up until about the mid 1980s, some other company served as the distributor even for Lladró\'s core brand - whose distributor in those days was Weil Ceramics & Glass, Inc. In any case, this Zaphir distribution header on NAO\'s 1981 price list brings more mystery than clarity to the question of Zaphir\'s origins as a brand.]
In any event, the Zaphir collection was a relatively short-lived venture, from about 1978 to the early- to mid-1980s. Post Zaphir, Puche was brought back into the core collection fold, where he continues to this day. The last of the Zaphir models were recycled as NAO models, which kept the same serial numbers as their Zaphir originals. Hence, it is not uncommon to find clones of Zaphir models with NAO marks.
Zaphir Lladro 684 Street Musicians Violin Cello Glazed Retired Large Figurine:
$249.99