Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13

Masterpiece sculpture, Mother´s love, Ernst Wahliss Royal Vienna, 1900, Austria

$1,700
£1,297.90
€1,486.55
CA$2,381.69
A$2,663.02
CHF 1,396.87
MX$32,255.61
NOK 17,632.70
SEK 16,658.64
DKK 11,095.66

About the Item

Beautiful porcelain work by Ernst Wahliss, depicting a mother with child, probably Aphrodite with armor, made by Royal Vienna around 1900 in Austria. This exceptionally rare work is by Ernst Wahliss, the renowned maker of high-quality earthenware from the early 20th century. This sculpture is a special depiction of maternal love. The young woman sits upon a fountain and gives her son a drink from a bowl. She is masterfully wrapped in a cloth; the child is naked. This figure, which can be viewed from all angles, is of outstanding beauty; everything is exceptionally finely crafted, whether it's the fountain with its water-spouting lion's head, the vegetation, or the mother's openwork, curving hair. The base, too, features an antique band decoration. Measurements approx.: height 9,25 in - 23,5 cm, diameter 5,91 in - 15 cm Art Nouveau porcelain sculptures of this high quality from this well-known manufacturer and with this pleasing motif rarely appear on the market and are sought-after collector's items and display cases.

More From This Seller

View All
Masterpiece, rare vase, amphore, Ernst Wahliss, 1900 Art Nouveau, Turn Austria
By Turn-Teplitz, Ernst Wahliss
Located in Wien, AT
This stunning vase was made by Thurn Teplitz Porcelain, with support from designer Ernst Wahliss (1837 - 1900). The vase is in amphora shape, hand painted and has the early mark on the underside. The porcelain vase is ivory colored with light green and brown painting...
Category

Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Bathing woman figure, Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte, ceramics, 1915, Vienna
By Wiener Keramik Werkstätte
Located in Wien, AT
Very rare figure, the bathing woman designed by Johanna Meier-Michel, executed by the Vienna Kunstkeramische Werkstätte, during the Art Nouveau period. This ceramic piece, model "Di...
Category

Vintage 1910s Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Incredibly rare candle holder stick, ceramic workshop Karau Art Nouveau Austria
By Karau
Located in Wien, AT
This beautiful ceramic object is a piece of Austrian craftsmanship history - the Karau workshops have produced very little, but high-quality objects. For this reason, this candlestic...
Category

Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Candlesticks

Materials

Ceramic

Huge Amphore, Vase, Ceramic/Majolica, Bernhard Bloch, 1890, Historicism, Bohemia
By Bernhard Bloch
Located in Wien, AT
Huge Vase in form of an amphora, by the well known manufacturer Bernhard Bloch from Bohemia. The beautiful emerging amphora shape is decorated with hand-cut décor all over the body...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Czech Belle Époque Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Charming bust child boy terracotta marble sculpture Carli 1920 Art Deco Belgium
By Gustave van Vaerenbergh
Located in Wien, AT
Rare particularly beautiful depiction of the of a boy. Created by Gustave van Vaerenbergh under his pseudonym G. Carli from the Art Deco period. This terracotta was polychromed by ...
Category

Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Busts

Materials

Belgian Black Marble

Exquisite Antelope Sculpture, Animal Terracotta, Sampiero, Art Deco, 1925, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Huge special terracotta sculpture of a pair of antelopes. The sculpture is signed and on a solid walnut wood pedestal. The animal pair is reproduc...
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Walnut

You May Also Like

Kai Nielsen '1882-1924' Bing & Grondhal Porcelain Mother & Child Sculpture
By Kai Nielsen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Danish porcelain Mother & Child sculptural figure designed by Kai Nielsen (1882-1924) for Bing & Grondhal and dating from the early 20th century. The figure portraying a na...
Category

Antique Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

"Mother and Child, " Brilliantly-Glazed Ceramic Sculpture by Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glazed in the gorgeous, brilliant glazes characteristic of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop), and adopting a long, lean, almost Mannerist pose, this lovely sculpture of a mothe...
Category

Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Chenille

Antique French Bisque Sculpture by Luca Madrassi (1848–1919)
By Luca Madrassi
Located in London, GB
A stunning antique French bisque sculpture by Luca Madrassi (1848–1919). This was made in Paris, it dates from around 1890-1900. It depicts a gorgeous classical scene, it is a lovel...
Category

Antique 1890s French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay

19th Century Marble Statue of Mother and Child
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting 19th century carved marble statue of a seated mother and child playing on her shoulders.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Mother and Child Terracotta Sculpture Signed Rougelet
Located in New York, NY
Very fine quality French 19 century Mother and Child Terracotta Sculpture Signed Rougelet ( Benoît. Benoît (Benedict) Rougelet (FRENCH, 18...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Italian 19th Century Life Marble Sculpture "Mother and Child" by A. Mazzucchelli
By Alfonso Mazzucchelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming Italian 19th century life-size Carrara marble sculpture of "A Mother and Child" depicting a young joyous mother holding her young child in her arms, by Profe...
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble