This book presents one of the finest and most beautiful Zsolnay collections in the world exhibited in the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs. The collection was assembled over several decades with exquisite taste, professionalism and careful devotion by Dr. László Gyugyi, Hungarianborn scientist, who now lives in America. Comprising almost six-hundred objects once produced for world exhibitons and the international market, it represents the summitof artistic achievement reached by the Zsolnay Factory during the periods of Historicism and Art Nouveau around the turn of the last millennium. Studies based on the latest research conducted by professional experts and excellent photos provide new surprises for collectors and anyone who takes pleasure in art objects. The vases, platters, pitchers, lamps and ceramic paintings shown here radiate both the magic of a distant past and the timeless, irresistible glory of artistic desire.