Oxblood Ovoid Vase In Porcelain Stoneware – Frédéric Kiefer

IMPORTANT SLIGHTLY HEXAGONAL OVOID VASE WITH FLAMED OXBLOOD COVER, RESTING ON A BASE. SIGNED WITH SEAL AND NUMBERED 658 UNDER THE BASE.
This flamed oxblood vase is very likely the largest vase created by the great ceramist Frédéric Kiefer. Made of porcelain stoneware, this imposing and elegant short-necked ovoid vase features many emblematic details of Kiefer’s work, where the originality and inventiveness of the production distinguish it among his contemporary ceramists.
Resting on a hexapod base, this ovoid-shaped vase unfolds in a particularly well-balanced manner towards a short neck. The latter is encircled by numerous striations which, like waves spreading on water, gradually disappear as they approach the body. Subtle veins emanate from the six feet, imposing a slight hexagonal form on the body of the vase. A lip perfectly proportioned to the dimensions of the neck and body of the vase slightly overflows. Beneath the touch, a slightly undulating surface can be felt.
Resembling a huge urceolate corolla of summer heather, this magnificent vase displays a rich range of colors that also evoke the hues of this flower. Usually classified by families (speckled, marbled, oxblood, celadon, etc.), the glaze places this vase by Frédéric Kiefer within the flamed family.
Abundant in colors, this oxblood glaze reveals, depending on the vase’s orientation, a spectrum of purples and reds ranging from bluish plum to Chinese red lightened with celadon. The neck is adorned with flamed blue. Inside the vase, beyond the celadon and eggplant lip, a luminous purple and lilac flame can be glimpsed.
The preferred material of high-fired ceramics (firing temperatures exceeding 1200°C), porcelain stoneware, developed in 1927 by the ceramist Emile Decoeur, was adopted by Frédéric Kiefer, who worked with him at the Sèvres Ceramics Manufacture.
Unlike enamel, a simple vitrified coating that covers previously fired earthenware, high-fired glaze truly fuses with the clay of the vase during a single firing. Consequently, a continuity is created between the glaze and the body of the vase, giving these ceramics an exceptional structural quality.
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DATE OF PRODUCTION: circa 1930
MUSEUM REFERENCES : Modern art museum, Paris / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Sèvres City of Ceramics, Sèvres.
CONDITIONS: Very good condition, Signed with seal and numbered 658 under the base
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