Description

What I like

I like the ceramic material fully mastered by the Jean de Lespinasse workshop:

-first of all, the asymmetrical baluster shape, of course, but with the hollow out of the shoulder, which gives it a very particular silhouette; this asymmetrical shape  is stunning.

-then, the beautiful blue of the background, not uniform but subtly worked;

-especially the circular pattern of the frieze, but slightly inclined, which gives an impression of slight imbalance, of controlled movement.

I love the very 1960 side of this exceptional piece, its large size, which allows it to exist as a polychrome sculpture: it is no longer a utilitarian, artisanal object, but a work of art.

Technical description

Asymmetrical baluster-shaped 860 vase with flattened belly in light blue earthenware underlined with a register of geometric patterns, the interior black enamelled.

Monogrammed under the base and numbered 860

13 proofs of this vase have been listed by Catherine Sagues, the artist’s granddaughter: a plain red, 4 blue with a frieze of hearts, an orange with scales and 7 scarified black with a red interior. The decorations are handmade so slightly different, even according to the same model

Dimensions and weight

Height: 32 cm- Width:  23cm- Depth : 23 cm

Weight:  2 kg

Mix & Match

This vase-sculpture can be used as a vase if you wish, but above all as a work of art. Its range of colors, quite limited and very refined, allows it to be placed in any type of decor.

I can see it fairly well enthroned on the coffee table by Juliette Belarti alias Julien de Covemaeker with its abstract decor and also in ceramic, but also animate the white table in the Orsay living room by Gae Aulenti: its color and its shape, modest but very original, will be magnified by the same rigor of line.

We can even present it on the shelf of the floor lamp by Mado Jollain- ceramist- and René Legrand- ironworker-: same period, another approach to rigor associated with fantasy.

But this work of art can very well be placed on a Louis XVI or Empire chest of drawers, especially in mahogany or uniform veneer: here too, its modest rigor will flourish with pleasure. The quality of its manufacture will enhance that of the furniture of bygone times.