Medusa head by Carl ("Carlo") Kornhaas. Ceramic (earthenware) tondo in relief with coloured painting and lustre glazes. Unique piece, shown in 1897 at the VII. International Art Exhibition in Munich. Original frame, label of the art exhibition in Munich 1897 with handwritten inscription, description and signature. Relief d. approx. 31.5 cm; frame approx. 46 cm x 46 cm. Kornhaas (1857 - 1931) lived and worked in Italy 1880/81-1895. In 1895 Kornhaas became a teacher at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Karlsruhe, where he headed a ceramics department and modelling class, 1898-1922 as professor. He took part in numerous national and international exhibitions, specialising in lustre glazes. Cited in: "Official catalogue of the VII. Internationale Kunstausstellung im Kgl. Glaspalaste zu München 1897", p. 198, no. 115a-115k. A unique ceramic relief roundel with head of Medusa by Carl ("Carlo") Kornhaas. Painted earthenware with lustre glazes. Original frame. Inscribed and signed by the artist on a label of the VII International Art Exhibition in Munich 1897.