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Large Serapis Wall Plate - Tree with Parrots. Design Architect Karl Klaus, Vienna - Execution Ernst Wahliss, Vienna circa 1911 - Large Serapis wall plate - parrot tree. Design by architect Karl Klaus, Vienna - executed by Ernst Wahliss, Vienna circa 1911. Ceramic, so-called ”Serapis-Fayence”. Light shard with white craquelure glaze, polychrome and gold painted. Craquelure. Gold rim. On the underside, the manufacturer's stamp in green: SERAPIS-FAYENCE WAHLISS. In gold, form number F.537 II and decor number II 9605 as well as 53. Impressed 537, 2 and F8. Metal wall mount. H. 4.5 cm, D. 39 cm. - Literature: Compare Neuwirth, W.: Austrian Art Nouveau Ceramics - Collection of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Munich, 1974, pp. 335, 486. -- R.-R.: ”Wiener Serapis-Fayence” in: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Darmstadt, 1911, Vol. XXIX, pp. 176-182, page 181 with illustration. - Condition: Chip on the foot ring and two chips on the rim. Gold rim rubbed.