Born in Paris to American parents, the sculptor Géo Wagner exhibited at the Société des Artistes Français in 1898, 1899, and 1902. Emile Muller produced at least five of his designs.
This dragon vase model that we are presenting was exhibited at the 1902 Salon des Artistes Français.
A similar model is reproduced in: Paul
Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary
. Éditions Norma, Paris, 2015. pp. 367–368.