A LARGE POTTERY CHARGER IN THE IZNIK STYLE

EMILE DECOEUR, FRANCE, AFTER 1902

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A LARGE POTTERY CHARGER IN THE IZNIK STYLE
EMILE DECOEUR, FRANCE, AFTER 1902
On straight foot, the blue and green painted decoration consisting of scrolling and interlocking tendrils bearing large flower blooms and tulips, the sloping rim with 'wave-and-rock' pattern, the base with maker's marks
16 3/8in. (41cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Emile Decoeur (1876-1953) studied under Edmond Lachenal and started his career as ceramicist in 1890. He starts exhibiting under his own name in 1902. The present dish is inspired by Iznik examples and is very much in Lachenal's style. This may suggest an early date of execution in Decoeur's career as he later moves towards a very different style

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