This small Secessionist bowl may have been modeled after an ancient vessel, possibly a single-handled tallow lamp. With its out-of-time shape and Celtic patterns, it perfectly embodies the eclectic taste of Gustav Gurschner, who designed numerous ornamental objects, sculptures, lamps, candlesticks and vases around 1900. The wall is quadruple decorated with a Celtic knot pattern. A Celtic spiral knot is worked all around the shouldered upper part of the ovoid bowl, which with its scroll bands also reflects very well the Viennese Secessionist taste of the time.
The vase is both marked and signed.
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Bronze bowl Gustav Gurschner K.K. Kunst-Erzgießerei Wien ca. 1905