Vase - With a siren and dolphins
| Accession Nr.: | 5165 |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Wallander, Alf (1862 - 1914) / designer and manufacturer |
| Manufacturer: | Rörstrand Porcelain Factory |
| Date of production: |
1896 - 1898
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| Place of production: | Stockholm |
| Inscription: | alján feketével festve: a (?) WALLANDER |
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| Materials: | porcelain |
| Techniques: | cast; hand-shaped |
| Dimensions: |
height: 19,6 cm
base diameter: 8 cm
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The splaying body curves inward at the top rim. A mermaid in relief appears from the waves in lower relief on the body, with her head bent back, reaching out for a water-spout dolphin head and holding a sea- snail in her right.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Horányi Éva: Szecesszió. A 20. század hajnala. (Az európai iparművészet korszakai.). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1996. - Nr. 6.14. (Balla Gabriella)
