{"product_id":"vase-tripode-faience-japonisme-relief","title":"VASE","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBetween 1877 - 1896\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePolychrome glazed earthenware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDimensions not provided\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrivate collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e© Dallas Auction Gallery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e_\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDallas Auction Gallery, \u003cem\u003eThe Fine and Decorative Art Auction\u003c\/em\u003e, lot 282, Dallas, September 25, 2019. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTripod vase \u003c\/strong\u003ein glazed earthenware with a long, slightly flared tubular neck and a flattened body at the base. The \u003cstrong\u003etripod base\u003c\/strong\u003e, with organic forms evoking branches or roots, seems to suspend the vase like a gilded bronze mount. The surface is animated by significant \u003cstrong\u003ehigh-relief\u003c\/strong\u003e work: flowering cherry branches, clouds or volutes of mist, foam and droplet effects spread over the entire body and up to the rim of the neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eJaponist-inspired \u003c\/strong\u003edecoration combines several rectangular and circular \u003cstrong\u003ecartouches \u003c\/strong\u003efeaturing birds, butterflies, and floral motifs, composed in a nocturnal landscape with lunar and misty accents. \u003cstrong\u003eGilded accents \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003emetallic effects \u003c\/strong\u003eenrich the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rare testament to Auguste Jean's late ceramic productions\u003c\/strong\u003e, this vase illustrates the artist's keen interest in Far Eastern aesthetics, both in form and decoration. Its organic base and the treatment of the material also \u003cstrong\u003eecho his contemporary research in glassmaking\u003c\/strong\u003e, where a similar decorative vocabulary is found, based on plant motifs, relief effects, and naturalistic inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54661459345749,"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-faience-ceramique-japonisme-tripode-1.png?v=1786796260","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/vase-tripode-faience-japonisme-relief","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}