Line Vautrin, Oyster-shaped bowl
Line Vautrin (1913-1997)
Bowl in shape of an Oyster
Circa 1960
Bowl in an oyster shape with a brown talosel structure inlaid with pearly, green, and blue mirrors.
This piece testify Line Vautrin fabulous capacity to work the Talosel, material of her own invention in 1953.
The structure here is composed of different nivels, giving a very sculptural aspect.
Some parts are in talosel only, striated of forming pattern, others have inclusions of pearly mirrors, reminding the mother of pearl of a seashell.
This shape of oyster is also a model of mirror, rare as well. Conceived in a very naturalist approach, this bowl with inclusion of mirrors only in the inside, like an oyster containing a pearl, is a delicate case very exquisite.
The oyster become a scupture or a precious object.
Height: 5 cm (2 in)
Width: 21 cm (8 1⁄4 in)
Depth: 18 cm (7 in)
Provenance:
- Private collection, France.
