At our High Porcelain workshop, Lladro's artists create sculptures that stand as the highest example of the traditional values of expressiveness ? beauty and technical perfection with which the Lladro family has always strived to endow its creations. These standards of quality and virtuosity inevitably mean extremely limited production. Thus the High Porcelain pieces will be issued in very low Limited Editions; in some cases sculptures will be unique ? expressly and exclusively commissioned for very special clients. In each case, we will attempt to achieve the very highest standards of artistic expression available to porcelain as a medium.

Summing up, with each High Porcelain creation, Lladro will rise above a challenge and dispaly mastery of artistic skill. Without a doubt, The Queen of The Nile is one of the most ambitious works ever underetaken by Lladro ? a spectacular composition nearly five feet in length recreating a magnificent Egyptian sailing vessel.

A historic landmark in the art of porcelain, which is on a much grander scale than great sculptures such as The XVIIIth Century Carriage, Cinderella's Arrival or The Great Adventure. The technical specifications of this magnificent Lladro sculpture relate to its outstanding dimensions: five years of design and development, a twelve strong team of artists and artisans, four hundred hours of painting and three hundred and eighty two fragments of fine Lladro porcelain to compose the entire sculpture.

The ornamental wealth of Ancient Egypt is recreated with surprising exactness in this most magnificent of lladro sculptures: the textures of the fabrics, the encrustations of precious stones, the jewels worn by the characters, the exquisite decoration of the vessel itself and the hieroglyphics, all of which reproduce those in use in ancient times.

Several orders have already been taken for this most stunning of Lladro Porcelain sculptures. It might not be a surprise to hear that interest has been greatest from the palaces of the Middle East, although one delivery has been made to St. Petersburg.

If you're undecided as to whether or not to place your order, just pop over to the Lladro City of Porcelain in Valencia and there you will be able to view this most stunning of fine china sculptures for yourself.

If you've never visited Valencia, it's a trip well worth making. As well as being the home of Lladro, it is also the most beautiful and historic of cities in its own right. The blending of the old with the new is truly a wonder to behold. Last year the city hosted The Admiral's Cup and for months the view across the bay was lit up by the myriad of magnificent ocean going sailing boats ? of which the most magnificent of all, was of course, the boat from China sponsored by Lladro Porcelain.

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