AN IZNIK-STYLE LACHENAL POTTERY DISH
France, ca. 1870 - 1880

AN IZNIK-STYLE LACHENAL POTTERY DISH
France, ca. 1870 - 1880

Of shallow rounded shape, resting on a tall pierced circular foot, with a narrow everted rim, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, copper green, turquoise, and bright red against a white background following the same palette of Ottoman Iznik wares, the interior decorated with a floral bouquet with four large red carnations and two red-spotted blue tulips stemming from a tuft of green grass, three Chinese cloud collar motifs scattered at the top of the composition around the cavetto, the rim with a continuous frieze of halved green and blue rosettes, the exterior with cobalt blue-painted budding leaves alternating spiraling roundels, the base marked 'LACHENAL' and a knotted symbol, 29.8cm diam.

Edmond Lachenal (3 June 1855 – 10 June 1948) was a key figure of the turn-of-the-century French art pottery movement and his Art Nouveau ceramics entered the collections of major international institutions like the Louvre, Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He received his training in Theodore Deck's studio, starting at the very young age of 15. Deck's work and passion for Islamic ceramics, especially Iznik wares, must have deeply influenced the young French potter, who by the age of 34, in 1889, was appointed his first gold medal at the World's Fair in Paris. His faience wares with bright, polychrome glazes in the style of Theodore Deck captivated the audience and the judges. This moment set an important terminus post quem for Lachenal's career: whilst his early work developed in the shadow of Deck's style and fame, by the 1890s, his wares departed from the previous artistic vocabulary and became increasingly inspired by the latest trends of the 19th century including Japanese prints, the shift from faience pottery to grès, and the emergence of a newly developed Art Nouveau aesthetic.

(Quantity:1)

Dimensions: 29.8cm diam.