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Jar

Designer Emile Decoeur French
ca. 1925
Not on view
Although the moody, irregular glazes of Decouer’s pots suggest Asian-influenced experiments of the late-nineteenth-century French ceramics industry, his bold, simple forms are typical of the Art Deco era.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jar
  • Designer: Emile Decoeur (French, 1876–1953)
  • Date: ca. 1925
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Stoneware
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 × 6 1/8 in., 3.2 lb. (20 × 15.6 cm, 1.5 kg)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.127.2
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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