Eugène Lion

Blue Wave C0202

Inventory Number
C0202Size
4 1/4" H x 3 " WMaterial
StonewarePeriod
JaponistCountry of Origin
FranceYear Made
c1900Status
AvailableCondition
Perfect

Description

The brown, tan, and blue glazes on this highly desirable cabinet vase were achieved by firing the stoneware piece at a high temperature. The result bears only a serendipitous resemblance to a blue wave crashing on a rocky shore. Lion worked in the tradition of Jean Carriés, who introduced Japonist techniques and themes into French art pottery circles. Among Jean Carriés's followers, the spontaneous effects of fire upon glaze became the only acceptable form of ceramic decoration. Marks: inscribed artist's signature