{"product_id":"vase-cornet-faience-celadon","title":"CORNUCOPIA VASE","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon Universal Exhibition - 1862\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolychrome enamelled earthenware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePossible biscuit from Toul-Bellevue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH. 31 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollection of Aurore Cuyala\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e© thebaz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e_\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSold by \u003cem\u003ethebaz\u003c\/em\u003e on Ebay in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorn-shaped vase \u003c\/strong\u003ewith a bulbous body in enamelled earthenware, covered with a \u003cstrong\u003eceladon glaze\u003c\/strong\u003e and decorated with a polychrome design depicting lush vegetation composed of banana trees, bamboo, palm trees and grasses of \u003cstrong\u003eFar Eastern inspiration\u003c\/strong\u003e. Treated in a harmony of blues and greens, the plants completely envelop the shape of the vase, within which a face is hidden.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase is reproduced in \u003cem\u003eThe Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e (London, 1862, p. 201), then in \u003cem\u003eMasterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862\u003c\/em\u003e by J. B. Waring (London, 1863, vol. II, pl. 194). Among the ceramics featured on this plate, it is, to date, the only identified and preserved example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade before 1863, when Auguste Jean had his own manufacturing workshop, this work is painted on a \u003cstrong\u003ebiscuit most likely supplied by the Toul-Bellevue faience factory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlighting an unknown facet of his work, this vase reveals Auguste Jean's interest in the arts of the Far East. Rather than reproducing a model, he offers a personal interpretation, where the continuous vegetal decoration, the subtle palette of blues and greens, and the resolutely pictorial treatment foreshadow the orientalist research that then marked the decorative arts. Like Théodore Deck and Eugène Collinot, Auguste Jean thus participated in the \u003cstrong\u003eeclectic movement \u003c\/strong\u003ethat revitalized French ceramics under the Second Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54498057814357,"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-cornet-orientalisant-palmiers-faience-1.png?v=1785394473","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/vase-cornet-faience-celadon","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}