Design

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Lot 18
  • 18

Taxile Doat

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Taxile Doat
  • La Musique et la Danse vase and stopper, 1903
  • Porcelain
  • 34,5 x 15,5 cm ; 13 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.
glazed porcelain, decorated with paste on paste
Signed TDoat Sèvres, dated 1903 and numbered 30 on the underside

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium

Literature

Taxile Doat, "Les Céramiques de Grand Feu : La Porcelaine dure et le Grès-Cérame", Art et Décoration, July-December 1906, p. 156
Laurence Buffet-Challie, Le Modern Style, Paris, 1982, p. 115, fig. 1
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Volume IV : Ceramics & Glass, Woodbridge, 1998, p. 182

Condition

Very good overall condition. A very minute burst bubble on the rim of the vase. Two minor chips on the feet. The stopper has been wrapped with cardboard to adapt itself to the rim’s diameter. This reinforcement is not visible once the stopper is in the vase.
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