Details:
Manufacturer: Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel – Amphora
Type: “The Fates Sirens”
Style: Art Nouveau
Material: Bone chine, paint and gilding
Period: 1900 – 1909
Description:
This magnificent vase was crafted by Amphora from Turn-Teplice, an area that was once part of the Austrian Empire. Amphora is renowned for its production of high-quality decorative porcelain objects in the Art Nouveau style and was founded by Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel in 1892.
The vase is made of ivory porcelain and features a characteristic symbolist Art Nouveau depiction. It stands on a widened base and is adorned with a relief decoration of sirens, flowers, and tadpoles swimming upwards from the depths towards the sirens at the water’s surface. This depiction symbolizes fertility, transformation, and happiness.
The underwater scene is enriched with a lightly iridescent glaze, while the above-water scene is enhanced in green and yellow matte paint with accents in gold paint.
The bottom of the vase bears a relief stamp of “Amphora.”
Dimensions:
Height: 40cm / 15.75”
Diameter base: 14cm / 5.51”
Diameter body: 19,5cm / 6.68”
Weight: 3.14kg / 6,92lb
Condition: Excellent condition, production crack at the base
Literature:
Vreeland – Monsters and Maidens – Collector’s Edition. Blz. 186.
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