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René Buthaud
Estimate
100,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- A pair of monumental jars and covers
- 92cm.;
- 36 1/4 in. high
each painted with a three quarter length portrait of a naked young woman holding scientific attributes, the reverse with a serpent above the inscription, `CE VASE A ÉTÉ EXECUTÉ POUR MR RIVIÈRE PHARMACIEN PAR R. BUTHAUD CÉRAMISTE A BORDEAUX MCMXXVIII', flanked by a pair of stylised snake form handles and beneath conical cover with stepped knop
Literature
Pierre Cruège, René Buthaud, 1886 - 1986, Paris, 1996, pp. 114 and 136.
Musé des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Bordeaux, Céramiques de René Buthaud, 1976, pp. 66 - 71, pls. 28 - 30.