Christel Zodiac Figurines, Cancer( 22nd June to 22nd July), Royal Copenhagen figurine no. 565, black

This Cancer in black is one of the figurines in the serie of Zodiac Figurines from Royal Copenhagen. The figurines is designed by the famours Danish artist Christel Marott and produced in Bisquit Porcelain. The serie was introduced in 2003. In the autumn 2007 the figurines was introduced in black.
CANCER Like crabs in the ocean, Cancerians are sensitive people who protect themselves in a solid shell. A Cancerian is a receptive and likeable person who often gets carried away by a mood, so security is very important. Well-developed intuitions and strong protective instincts mean family relations are very important to Cancerians.
CHRISTEL MAROTT Christel (Christel Marott, 1919-1992) was a concept representing a unique artist who, with her very own sense of style and elegance, was always ahead of her time. She was only seventeen when she made her debut as a self-conscious magazine illustrator and continued to illustrate both Danish and foreign weekly and fashion magazines throughout her entire life. Christel became synonymous with her provocative, long-legged girls and their exceptional, vibrant sensuality, at once both sober and rousing. This far-sighted ideal of a girl came to grace girls' books, paper dolls and fashion designs the world over, including magazines such as Vogue and Harpers Bazaar.