Not currently on display at the V&A

Vase

1930-1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain vase with a snake emerging from its mouth. The vase and head of the snake are covered with grey glaze, while the snake's body is in a greenish glaze. Marker's mark incised on an unglazed base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed porcelain
Brief description
Vase with a snake emerging from its mouth, porcelain with grey glaze, made by Séraphin Soudbinine, Paris, France, 1930-1940
Physical description
Porcelain vase with a snake emerging from its mouth. The vase and head of the snake are covered with grey glaze, while the snake's body is in a greenish glaze. Marker's mark incised on an unglazed base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.2cm
  • Length: 11.1cm
  • Depth: 8.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'3-304 / Soudbinine' (marker's mark incised on base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mme. Renée Collinson
Object history
This object is part of a collection of early 20th century French studio ceramics bequeathed to the Museum by Mme. Renée Collinson (1915-2001). The collection was assembled by her father, Charles Sydney Collinson between 1930 and 1940. He was an official in the Visa section of the British Embassy in Brussels from about 1910, and a friend of two of the artists who produced the ceramics, Paul Beyer (1873-1945) and Séraphin Soudbinine (1870-1944). He was English with a French wife and they retired to France although Mme. Collinson was brought up in France and Belgium.


This object was exhibited in Séraphin Soudbinine's solo exhibition at the Louvre des Antiquaires from 12 October to 12 November 1993.
Other number
15 - Number on label
Collection
Accession number
C.133-2014

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Record createdApril 8, 2014
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