Lot Essay
A nearly identical example of this form and design is in the collection of The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO. A related example in the peau-de-serpent glaze is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
cf. P. Cruège, René Buthaud: 1886-1986, Paris, 1996, pp. 97-98, 8, 113, 116, and 174 for related examples and pp. 173-174 for information on Buthaud's psuedonym, J. Doris.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Bordeaux, Céramiques de René Buthaud, Bordeaux, 1976, p. 136, ill. 78 for another example of Buthaud's work in peau-de-serpent glaze.
cf. P. Cruège, René Buthaud: 1886-1986, Paris, 1996, pp. 97-98, 8, 113, 116, and 174 for related examples and pp. 173-174 for information on Buthaud's psuedonym, J. Doris.
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Bordeaux, Céramiques de René Buthaud, Bordeaux, 1976, p. 136, ill. 78 for another example of Buthaud's work in peau-de-serpent glaze.