Vase - With marabou storks

The large vase stands on a straight, ringed foot that holds its wide body that narrows gradually towards the top. The top rim is round and straight. The vase is decorated with four relief marabu figures, painted in blunt purple, light green and blue. The birds are exotic, ugly and comic. They stand on one leg among the light green leaves of the plants springing from the bottom of the vase. There are light blue, curving branches with berries above their head, at the top of the vase. The background was cut out at places, giving the vase a lighter effect, painted with gold, black and purple mosaic pattern. The inner walls of the pierced holes are gilt. The body of the birds is matte, their surroundings are covered with bright glaze. The object is mentioned in the catalogue of the 1905 Christmas exhibition of the Hungarian Society for Applied Arts: ”In the central court (showcase B, the products of Emil Fischer), there are vases and flower pots designed by Artur Lakatos. Pierced, with stylized animals and a dim glaze.” This vase must have been one of the above mentioned pieces.