NOVE DI BASSANO (VENETO - ITALY) "Raptor and reptile fighting over a snake & Country and climbing flowers". Very large vase with spherical base and high cylindrical neck, decorated in high relief and in in the round. Proof in polychrome glazed ceramic and slip. H.: 70 cm. (Scattered cracks and chips, enamel wear, particularly around the neck, restorations, particularly to the wings). Provenance: Important Art Nouveau collection from Bordeaux.

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