A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL VASE

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Gustave-Joseph Chéret, 1882
A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL VASE
36.5 cm. high
Marked Joseph Cheret 103 and E. Soleau Edit. Paris

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Lot Essay

The sculptor Gustave-Joseph Chéret (1838-1894) worked in the second half of the 19th Century. He was the younger brother of the painter Jules Chéret. From 1887 onwards he was a member of the artistic management of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. He also worked for the ceramist Joseph-Théodore Deck. A cast of the present vase was exhibited at the 1882 Paris Salon.

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