AN EARTHENWARE BOX AND COVER

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AN EARTHENWARE BOX AND COVER
DESIGNED BY MAX BLONDAT, POTTED BY LACHENAL, CIRCA 1899
the lid, of shaped triangular form rising to central element modelled as three naked female figures entwined, the box modelled with three grotesque faces, the exterior covered in sage green glaze, the interior mottled in green, amber and turquoise glazes on a cream ground, side of lid incised Max Blondat, underside of base with painted signature 'Lachenal, céramiste' numbered 23 and incised 'TB 6/0' (chips) 11 3/4in. (29.5cm.) high

Literature

C.f. Alastair Duncan, Paris Salons 1800-1930, Objets D'Art and Metalware, Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 1999, vol.v, p.96 for illustration of the bronze model from which this piece is taken.

Lot Essay

Edmond Lachenal (1855-1930) trained in Théodore Deck's studio in the 1870s before founding his own in 1880. From 1884 he exhibited regularly at the Galerie Georges Petit on the rue de Séze and exhibited many ceramic sculptures after works by artists working in bronze including Rodin and Fix-Masseau. This box and cover is after a model by Max Blondat (1872-1925).

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