Ernst Wahliss Vienna, large relief vase with winter motif undecorated red stamp mark 1899-1910, incised model number 9367, porcelain stoneware with pastel-coloured underglaze painting, partly satin lustre and gold decoration. with silk matt lustre and gold staffage, triple-edged teardrop shape on three pillar feet, these and the base of the vase with ice-like relief decoration and diamond ashlars, semi-sculptural mouth area in the form of an ice curtain, the wall decorated with a winter landscape, the front depicting two jays sitting on a branch, rare Art Nouveau vase, the base spider and two feet professionally restored, h 41.5 cm.

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