Lot 134
  • 134

Henri-Léon Robalbhen

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Henri-Léon Robalbhen
  • Vase, vers 1900
  • Signé Robalbhen sous la base et porte une étiquette Exposition "Orchidées" Musée Borely 
  • ceramic
  • Hauteur : 35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
en grès, décor ajouré polychrome d'orchidées

Exhibited

Saint-Tropez, Musée de l'Annonciade, Fleurs, de Fantin-Latour à Marquet, France 1865-1925, 26 juin-27 septembre 1982
Marseille, Musée Borely, Orchidées, mars-mai 1984

Literature

Laurence Buffet-Challié, Les Grands Styles - Le Modern Style, éd. Baschet et Cie, Paris, 1975, reproduit p. 113, n. 5 
Félix Marcilhac, Art nouveau 1900, éd. Ouest-France, 1981, reproduit p. 21
Orchidées, catalogue d'exposition, Musée Borely, Marseille, 1984, pp. 51-52, n. 56
Fleurs, de Fantin-Latour à Marquet, France 1865-1925, catalogue d'exposition, éd. Musée de l'Annonciade, Saint-Tropez, 1982, reproduit n. 51, n.p.

Condition

Très bon état général. Quelques petites bulles de cuisson telles que visible au catalogue. Overall in very good condition. With a few occasional glaze and surface imperfections inherent in the making. With a few exceedingly minor glaze losses scattered to the exterior, and possibly inherent in the making. A very complex and layered glaze treatment. The interior with light surface soiling to the lower half.
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