Tall vase with four handles

ca. 1893–94

Not on view

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.

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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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