VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES (THIRD REPUBLIC) CRYSTALLINE VASES ('VASE OEUF')

DATED APRIL 1896, EACH INCISED WITH AN IL MONOGRAM 96 4 PN FOR PATE NOUVELLE

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES (THIRD REPUBLIC) CRYSTALLINE VASES ('VASE OEUF')
DATED APRIL 1896, EACH INCISED WITH AN IL MONOGRAM 96 4 PN FOR PATE NOUVELLE
IN THE ART NOUVEAU TASTE, EACH OF BALUSTER FORM WITH FLARING MOUTH AND FOOT, GLAZED ALLOVER WITH POOLING CRYSTALLINE EFFECT IN SHADES OF LUSTUROUS METTALLIC-GREEN, IRON-RED AND OCHRE, FLANKED BY UPRIGHT FOLIATE SCROLL HANDLES, THE SPLAYED TERMINAL SET WITH A FEMALE NUDE HOLDING A BILLOWING DRAPE BESIDE A PEDESTAL AND FLOWERING BRANCHES
29 3/8 IN. (74.6 CM.) HIGH (2)

拍品專文

THE CRYSTALLINE DECORATION ON THIS PAIR IS POSSIBLE DUE TO TWO MAJOR TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS MADE AT SèVRES, CIRCA 1880. THE FIRST WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW HARD-PASTE BY GEORGES VOGT AND CHARLES LAUTH. BY ADDING A STRONG MEASURE OF QUARTZ THE NEW BODY COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY FIRED AT A MUCH LOWER TEMPERATURE. AT THIS LOWER TEMPERATURE THE ZINC OXIDE REACTION REQUIRED FOR THIS TECHNIQUE COULD BE MUCH BETTER CONTROLLED. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ALEXANDRE SANDIER, ARTISANS TO EMBRACE THE REVOLUTIONARLY CRYSTALLINE EFFECT INCLUDED: TAXILE DOAT, LOUIS KAHN AND HECTOR GUIMARD. MOST SèVRES VASES EMPLOYING THIS TECHNIQUE WERE SMALL MAKING IT LIKELY THAT THE PRESENT PAIR WERE MADE FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY. THE BRONZE MOUNTS WERE ALSO LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AT SèVRES.

SEE BRIGITTE DUCROT, PORCELAINES ET TERRES DE SèVRES, MUSéE DU CHâTEAU DE COMPIèNE, PARIS, 1993, P. 330, FIG. 284 FOR A SèVRES DORURE LAPIS VASE OF THE SAME FORM WITH VARIANT MOUNTS MADE FOR THE GRAND CABINET DE L'EMPEREUR, LE PALAIS DE SAINT CLOUD, 1804-05 AND LATER IN THE THRONE ROOM AMONG OTHERS.