Vase
ca. 1895 (made)
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Vase of stoneware with a high temperature glaze mottled red-green glaze. Flattened bulb-shaped body. Incised lines around the shoulder.
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware with a high temperature glaze and incised |
Brief description | Vase of stoneware with a high temperature glaze mottled red-green glaze, made by Alexandre Bigot, Paris, ca. 1895 |
Physical description | Vase of stoneware with a high temperature glaze mottled red-green glaze. Flattened bulb-shaped body. Incised lines around the shoulder. |
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Credit line | Given by Prince Antoine Bibesco and M. Paul Morand |
Historical context | Alexandre Bigot (1862-1927), a physics and chemistry professor became interested in stoneware and porcelain from China and Japan which was shown at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889. He was especially interested in Chinese porcelain but worked in the less expensive medium of stoneware first exhibiting in 1894. He received a grand prize in Paris, 1900 and established a studio in Paris, making architectural ceramics with such designers as Henry Van de Velde, Henri Guimard and Louis Majorelle. His stoneware was sold through Samuel (Siegfried) Bing's shop L'Art Nouveau and a number were silver-mounted to designs by E.E.Colonna. The business closed in 1914. |
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Accession number | C.277-1916 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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