Inventory Number LAR018
Size 7.5" H x 7" Diam.
Material Stoneware
Period Art Nouveau
Country of Origin France
Year Made c. 1904
Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,
And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw:
Rays that have wander’d into Darkness wide
Return and back into your Sun subside
By Farid ud-Din Attar
Utilizing the natural tendency of glaze to melt and drip, Lachenal has created a wonderfully organic decorative style in his Primordial Vase. There exist three distinct layers of glaze; against a grey and cream background, the artist has dripped first a layer of cream, and second a layer of bright blood-red. As the name of the work suggests, there is something primordially chaotic about the vase, in its morbid color scheme and the molten quality of its neck.
Provenance
Patricia Monjaret and Marc Ducret, France
