AMPHORA Austria & RIESSNER. Leaving the bath. Large green-brown and gold glazed ceramic "jewel" vase with polychrome decoration of a young woman in the round kneeling at the edge of the vase neck. The body of the vase is decorated with large flowers adorned with a cabochon of various colored stones forming the flower bud. Art nouveau period. Marked with AMPHORA Austria and crown stamps, numbered 8157 under the base. Signed under the carved part Riessner. H_ 45 cm L_34 cm

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