{"product_id":"plaque-faience","title":"ENAMEL SIGN","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"10\"\u003eCirca 1860\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"12\" data-end=\"41\"\u003ePolychrome glazed earthenware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"72\"\u003eL. 60 cm; W. 24 cm; D. 1.4 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"92\"\u003ePrivate collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"112\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"112\"\u003e© Aguttes, Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"121\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"121\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"120\"\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"217\"\u003eAguttes, \u003cem data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"158\"\u003eArts Décoratifs du XXème\u003c\/em\u003e, Lot 405 (estimate €1,500–2,000), Paris, 18 November 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"224\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"224\"\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"541\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"254\"\u003eLarge rectangular plaque\u003c\/strong\u003e in glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration on a blue ground. Within a central oval cartouche are three cherubs accompanied by a dog, carrying arrows and a hunting horn, set within a wooded landscape. The cartouche is framed by scrolling foliage, among which two birds are perched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"820\"\u003eThis work brings together the principal stylistic characteristics of Auguste Jean: a highly harmonious composition, finely executed glazed decoration, a taste for detail, rich polychromy, his characteristic blue ground, and an iconography directly inspired by Italian maiolica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"1380\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe plaque's original intended purpose remains unknown. Signed “Jean AJ” at lower right, it bears on the reverse the mark of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"982\"\u003ePichenot \/ J. Loebnitz firm\u003c\/strong\u003e, a manufacturer of earthenware from whom Auguste Jean obtained earthenware supports and objects that he subsequently embellished with painted enamel decoration, before establishing his own manufacturing workshop from 1863 onwards. This mark, also recorded on several other works signed by the artist, provides valuable evidence for dating and makes it possible to place this work around the 1860s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54494554554709,"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-plaque-emaillee-fond-bleu-neo-renaissance-entrelacs-rinceaux-faience-1.png?v=1785353245","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/plaque-faience","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}