Very rare Antique Royal Vienna Ernst Wahliss Talia Figure, circa 1900

Very rare Antique Royal Vienna Ernst Wahliss Talia Figure, circa 1900

Very rare Antique Royal Vienna Ernst Wahliss Talia Figure, circa 1900
Thalia (Θάλεια, translated means blooming), in Greek myth-making:
1. The Muse, one of the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, is a representative of comedy and light poetry in the Hellenistic canon of the muses). She was depicted in works of art as a young girl in light, sometimes shaggy clothes, with a book in her hand, as well as with a comic mask and a wreath of ivy on her head. Corybantes were born from Thalia and Apollo (Apollodorus, I 3, 4). Zeus, transformed into an eagle, seduced Talia. Out of fear of Hera's jealousy, Talia hid in the bowels of the earth, where demonic creatures – Paliki were born to her.
Ernst Wahliss - Historic - Jason Jacques Gallery
By the late 1880s, merchant Ernst Wahliss had established himself as Vienna’s leading retailer in porcelain and ceramic goods. He had run a ceramic store in Vienna since 1863, whose rapid international success enabled him to open stores in major European cities such as London and to supply many of the European royal families in ceramics of the highest quality.

In 1894, Ernst Wahliss purchased the Alfred Stellmacher factory in Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia (in today’s Czech Republic), and began to produce decorative ceramics under the name “Ernst Wahliss Kunst, Porzellan und Fayence Fabrik.”

After Ernst’s death in 1900, his son Gerhard Martin Wahliss acquired the factory in 1907 and continued to create a vari- ety of functional and decorative items in earthenware and porcelain. The Serapis-Wahliss line, introduced in 1911, was made of ne white earthenware and decorated with geometrically stylized natural forms such as blossoms and peacock feathers. Hand painted with richly colored enamels, such decors represented the vanguard in Austrian ceramics at the time. Designers like Karl Klaus, who had studied with Josef Hoffmann, brought a rare delicacy and urban sophistication to Wahliss’s aesthetic blueprint. 
This rare porcelain figurine of the late 19th century with hand-painted is still in excellent condition without chips, cracks and restorations.See photos and videos.
It is practically not found on sale.
It will be a SUPER gift to a collector or decorate your collection.
Height approximately 32 cm (12.6 inches)
Width approximately 18 cm (7.1 inches)
Thickness approximately 19 cm (7.5 inches)
Weight is 2 kg 170 grams