{"product_id":"petit-vase-globulaire-verre-ambre-orientalisme","title":"VASE","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBetween 1877 and 1884\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBlown and hot-worked glass, polychrome enameled decoration, gilding highlights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eH. 15.8 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrivate collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e© Bonhams\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBonhams, \u003ci\u003eFine Glass, Including the Overduin collection\u003c\/i\u003e (sale 22021), Lot 89, London, May 21, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall globular footed vase with a tall flared neck\u003c\/strong\u003e, featuring three small handles on the belly, made of translucent smoked amber blown glass. The three handles, made of pink translucent glass, are hot-applied. The surface is entirely covered with a rich polychrome enameled decoration, enlivened with \u003cstrong\u003emetallic effects and gilded highlights.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn its silhouette, this vase is inspired by \u003cstrong\u003eMamluk \"mosque lamps\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose forms were widely reinterpreted by 19th-century French glassmakers in the context of the taste for Orientalism. The three small handles punctuating the belly, in particular, may evoke, by their arrangement, the characteristic suspension rings of these lamps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe enameled decoration covers the entire foot, belly, and neck. It consists of geometric motifs, stylized floral and vegetal motifs, treated in an \u003cstrong\u003eOriental-inspired ornamental vocabulary\u003c\/strong\u003e and interrupted by medallions and cartouches with complex outlines, hosting a \u003cstrong\u003epseudo-calligraphy\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuguste Jean was not the only glassmaker to be inspired by Mamluk mosque lamps: Émile Gallé and especially Philippe-Joseph Brocard also offered reinterpretations. Unlike Brocard, who sometimes verged on pastiche, Auguste Jean's\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ehistorical reference\u003c\/strong\u003e was, however, subject to a particularly free \u003cstrong\u003ereinterpretation\u003c\/strong\u003e. With its height of 15.8 cm, its compact proportions, and its small size, the vase deviates significantly from historical models. The use of pseudo-calligraphy, devoid of meaning, also contributes to this \u003cstrong\u003eevocation of a dreamed Orient rather than a desire to faithfully reproduce an ancient model.\u003c\/strong\u003e The work thus testifies to this largely \u003cstrong\u003efantasized conception\u003c\/strong\u003e of the Orient that fueled the imagination of artists and French decorative arts in the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis form remains \u003cstrong\u003erare\u003c\/strong\u003e in Auguste Jean's known work. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/auguste-jean.myshopify.com\/products\/vase-copie-23\"\u003eOnly one other example has currently been identified.\u003c\/a\u003e Its decoration, however, this time draws from an East Asian vocabulary, demonstrating Auguste Jean's ability to apply the same structure to different sources of inspiration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54691051209045,"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-vase-verre-emaille-orientalisant-lampe-mosquee.png?v=1787125500","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/petit-vase-globulaire-verre-ambre-orientalisme","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}