Jean Besnard, Lamp
Jean Besnard (1889-1958)
Lamp
Circa 1930
Ovoid lamp in turquoise crackled glazed stoneware with a scale-like decoration and adorned in the centre of the body with a continuous frieze of simplified fish and marine animals on a brown slip background.
Signed ‘Jean Besnard’ incised under the base.
Ceramic height 29,5 cm (11 3⁄4 in) - Diameter 25 cm (9 3⁄4 in) - Total height with lampshade 62 cm (24 1⁄2 in) - Lampshade diameter 42 cm (16 1⁄2 in)
Provenance :
- Private collection, France.
Literature :
- « Jean Besnard : Potier moderne », A.R. Hardy & P. Wilson, éd. des Robaresses, Paris, 2021, vase model featuring a turquoise enamel dot pattern similar to ours reproduced pp. 146-147.
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