WMF Ikora Germany Red & Gold Metal Chinoiserie Art Deco Vase
SaleWMF Ikora Germany Art Deco Dinaderie chinoiserie style vase. Reddish brown tone with gold. Thumbprint dent near base and linear blemish on one side. Please see photographs 6 & 7.
Measures 5 1/4 x 6". Probably designed by Paul Haustein or one of his students, noted for use of deconstructed oriental motifs.
This vase is model 49/461 and appeared in the 1930/31 and the 1933 WMF Ikor-Edelmetall Catalogs*. Described as having a red brown patinated engraving and by 1933 was also available as a lamp or ceiling spotlight.
*As seen WMF Ikora Metalwork, by Carlo Burschel, Heinz Scheiffele, Published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, 2006 pages 173 and 204.
10329 WB97