Émile Decoeur

Blood Ovoid C0093

Inventory Number
C0093Size
9 1/2" H x 4 1/2" WMaterial
StonewarePeriod
Art NouveauCountry of Origin
FranceYear Made
c1907Status
AvailableCondition
Perfect

Description

This vase, made during Decoeur's early years of independent production, resembles some of the stoneware created by Edmond Lachenal around 1900. Its organic, lobed form is decorated with a high-temperature copper-oxide glaze, fired in a reduction atmosphere to yield a robust red. Greenish-blue marbling resulted from reintroducing oxygen into the kiln. These color relationships and patterns evoke the famous flambé glazes of Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, which Lachenal also imitated. At this stage in his development, Decoeur was working within stylistic parameters established by art potters of the 1890s and early 1900s. Marks: E Decoeur [painted]; trefoil [impressed]