{"product_id":"paire-de-potiches-faience-celadon","title":"PAIR OF VASES","description":"\u003cp\u003eCirca 1860-1870\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToul-Bellevue biscuit porcelain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolychrome enamelled earthenware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eH. 46.5 cm x D. 22 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMichel-Hachet Museum of Art and History, Toul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e© \u003cspan\u003eOlivier-Henri Dancy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e_\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e2018: Purchase of the two vases by the \u003cspan\u003eMichel-Hachet Museum of Art and History in Toul\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003einv. MT_2018.32. 1 to 4)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePair of vases \u003c\/strong\u003ein enamelled earthenware, covered with a \u003cstrong\u003eceladon glaze\u003c\/strong\u003e and adorned with polychrome decoration of \u003cstrong\u003eFar Eastern inspiration\u003c\/strong\u003e. Lush vegetation of banana trees, bamboo, palms, and grasses spreads across the entirety of the vases, in a subtle harmony of blues and greens. The lids are surmounted by figures of Chinese inspiration, taking the form of seated lions.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/auguste-jean.myshopify.com\/products\/plat-orientalisant-copie\"\u003ecornet vase\u003c\/a\u003e featuring comparable floral decoration, exhibited by Auguste Jean in London in 1862, allows this pair to be dated to the \u003cstrong\u003e1860s-1870s\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese vases testify to Auguste Jean's interest in the arts of the Far East, of which he offers a free and personal interpretation here. The continuous decoration, the palette of blues and greens, and its painterly treatment are in line with the Orientalist taste that was then renewing the French decorative arts. Like \u003cstrong\u003eThéodore Deck\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEugène Collinot\u003c\/strong\u003e, Auguste Jean thus participated in the eclecticism that characterized French ceramics during the Second Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54651458421077,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/5255\/4069\/files\/auguste-jean-vases-potiche-toul-bellevue-faience-1.png?v=1786738114","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/paire-de-potiches-faience-celadon","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}