Vase with Bird Josef Riedel, Polaun, ca. 1888 Black glass, so-called ''basalt glass''. Very fine japonizing painting decoration in polished, relief gold and colorful opaque enamel: on the front bird on a flowering branch, on the back floral decoration. Two appliqued handles in white on the sides. Back in white enamel ref.: G 203 H. 30.5 cm. ''Vases ... made of basalt glass with Japanese bird motifs was shown by Riedel at the Jubilee Trade Exhibition in Vienna in 1888 (Passau Glass Museum, III. 142). Lit.: Exhibition catalogue, ''Riedel - 10 Generations of Glassmakers'', fig. 68 ff.