Lot 390
390
AN IMPORTANT CERAMIC VASE

Details
AN IMPORTANT CERAMIC VASE
BY RENE BUTHAUD, CIRCA 1925

Of tapering cylindrica1 form with slightly everted rim, decorated with three draped nude male figures in sienna and grey amongst stylized grapevines in green and black against a beige ground, painted signature R. Buthaud
12¼in. (31cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. Christie's New York, June 10, 1989, lot 61 for a similarly decorated example (33cm. high) which sold for a record price of $40,700. Another example (31cm. high) sold in France on March 8, 1990 for a price of $38,000.