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The iridescent colours of this vase were made using the eosin glazing process, a technique perfected in 1893 at Zsolnay, the preeminent Hungarian ceramics manufactory at the turn of the 20th century. The decoration of the vase - including stylized depictions of golden trees and pendant clusters of pink and ruby flowers - is attributed to József Rippl-Rónai (1861-27), who also designed other decorative arts.
Rippl-Rónai spent 15 years in Paris, where he was part of a collective of young painters known as the Nabis (Prophets), a group that included Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, and Maurice Denis.
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