Art Deco Ceramic Sculpture Depicting a Wolf Dog from Liezen, Austria, 1970s

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A beautiful majolica sculpture, entirely hand-decorated and glazed, depicting a wolf dog, made by the famous austrian liezen factory, signed … Read more A beautiful majolica sculpture, entirely hand-decorated and glazed, depicting a wolf dog, made by the famous austrian liezen factory, signed under the base with an incussed signature, with the catalog number "66". Under one paw is written 1956 hilda + ferdl with a black marker, as if it were a note from some previous owner.

useful information for the evaluation of the object:
to give an idea of ​​the value of the ceramics of the austrian liezen factory, in our research we found a series of pieces of this factory sold at auction by dorotheum and precisely a deco vase sold for €1,300 in 2024, lot 181, title "a vase with figural scenes in bas-relief, model number 7119\."; a centrepiece sold for €420 in 2024, lot 27, title "a centrepiece with openwork foot with roe deer\."; a nativity scene sold for €625 in 2012, lot 307, title "weihnachtsgrippe, liezener keramik-austria"; a sculpture of a man sitting on a large face sold for €450 in 2024, lot 287, title "a symbolist figure with a seated man"; a centrepiece supported by three little angels sold for €600 in 2023, lot 139, title "obstaufsatz, österr. Kunstkeramik, marke liezen" and finally a pair of small bookends with flowers sold for €200 in 2022, lot 31, title "paar buchstützen, alpenländische keramik liezen". To all these prices, auction fees of 25-30% must be added. Finally, consider that the auction results for ceramics from the 1950s are often very penalizing, rarely do high prices occur, so the same pieces can be found on sale even at more than double the auction result. This piece has an attribution mark,
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