Egg-shaped vase with raised mouth

Inventory number: St 281

Stylised central decoration of two stags and a doe in various poses. Frieze on neck and foot, composed of round, geometric and abstract motifs, separated from the central frieze by two bands with parallel inclined stripes.

Material:

Creamware K

Technique:

Slip-cast form. Decoration with printed contours filled in with cobalt, azure, black and green enamel on a white ground. Crackling mainly visible in the white. Juxtaposition of enamels without outlines for the anatomy of the animals.

Workshop:

Boch. La Louvière

Form number:

805, impressed

Decoration number:

D.943 & I in black

Date:

1925, still recorded in 1940

Signature :

Ch. Catteau in black

Dimensions:

H : 327 - C : 79 - B : 90

Location:

Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels

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