Zsolnay, a good Eosin glazed ceramic vase with twin elephant-head...

Zsolnay, a good Eosin glazed ceramic vase with twin elephant-head handles and stylised fish decoration c.1905, raised Zsolnay circular spire mark, impressed 6353 M Possibly designed by Nagy Mihály (1864-1943), the shaped vase decorated with stylised leaping fish amidst waves, applied with elephant head handles, their trunks extending down the sides, decorated in red and cream and a lustrous Eosin glaze 36.5 cm high Literature: Eva Csenkey, ‘Zsolnay Szecessziós Kerámiák’, Helikon, Budapest, 1992, p.123, image 151 (a jardinière of horizontal form modelled at either end with elephant heads by Nagy Mihály is illustrated)