Flat vase in blown smoked glass, polychrome enameled with gilded highlights. Japanese-inspired, the painted decoration depicts lush vegetation with birds, butterflies, and insects, spread across both sides of the work.
This vase is emblematic of Auguste Jean's glass production between 1877 and 1884. It brings together the main characteristics of this period: a flat silhouette, a neck with organic shapes extended by hot-worked "tears", the use of gilded highlights and metallized glass — a process the artist specialized in and for which he filed a patent — as well as a Japanese-inspired enameled decoration.
While this form is now known through several examples, sometimes with variations in the base — tripod or quadripod — the decoration of this vase is, however, unprecedented. It thus constitutes an important testimony to Auguste Jean's decorative inventiveness and enriches our knowledge of his glass production.
Condition: Good condition
Signature: Signed with a hot-applied glass cabochon "AJean."
