Tall vase with four handles
Delaherche elongated the shape of a traditional vase and added subtle yellow and purple streaks to the saturated red glaze based on Chinese oxblood (sang de boeuf). Such artistic nuances made him a favorite of critics and connoisseurs. One writer explained, "To possess in one's collection one of Delaherche's Grès Flambés is to proclaim one-self one of the cognoscenti of modern ceramic art."
This vase is one of only twelve examples of this model, recorded in Delaherche's sketchbook on May 3, 1893.
This vase is one of only twelve examples of this model, recorded in Delaherche's sketchbook on May 3, 1893.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tall vase with four handles
- Maker: Auguste Delaherche (French, Beauvais 1857–1940 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1893–94
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Stoneware
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 29 7/16 × 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in., 28.8 lb. (74.8 × 29.2 × 29.2 cm, 13 kg)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, Purchase, Acquisitions Fund; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and 2011 Benefit Fund, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.485
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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