Stoneware Vase With Cut Sides, Blue Glaze With Gold Drips - Léon Pointu (1879-1942) - French Ceramist

Bottle vase with cut sides and blue glaze with gold drips, made by Léon Pointu.
Stoneware from the workshops of Jean Pointu, then Léon Pointu, is special in that the clay is carefully selected. It's a very pure, very white clay, prepared according to a very exacting process perfected by Jean Pointu, Léon's father. The entire process is mastered, and this is what differentiates the art of Jean and Léon Pointu from that of the rest of the Carriès school, which seeks a certain creative whimsy while leaving room for randomness. 
Here, the lapis lazuli blue decoration, strewn with vaporous clouds of burnished gold and topped by bright gold drips, is perfectly mastered. The technique used here consists of a meticulous application of ceramic gold onto which creosote, an oil extracted from tars, is sprayed, ensuring perfect control and preservation of the drips.
For further information, visit Blue and gold enamelled cha-ire vase - Léon Pointu - Galerie Theophanos

DATE OF PRODUCTION: circa 1930-1935
MUSEUM REFERENCES: Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague
CONDITION : As is, very small chip to neck, signed and stamped L.POINTU
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