Vincent Potier Important Slightly Curved Cabochon Bottle In Enameled Stoneware 20th Century

Vincent Potier (1955-2011), ceramist Sauve (Gard) Important and superb bottle with slightly curved cabochon, in enameled stoneware and polychrome decoration in a cartouche on one side, of Japanese inspiration, SHINO technique. Vincent POTIER with the predestined name discovered his vocation with Bernard and Jacqueline COURCOUL, he won the Grand Prize at the Ceramic Biennale in Vallauris in 1990 for his enamel applications. Sobriety, elegance, a limited arsenal of shapes in a restricted color palette. The work never screams for attention, but is confident in an understated way. Vincent traveled to Asia, and the influence of Japanese ceramics can be seen, (Shino style ceramics, an ancient technique that dates from the 16th century). In Vincent’s pots, this oriental austerity gives way to something more elegant, more frivolous, perhaps French.” You can see his hand practiced with the brush, the decorations with a combination of printing, dipping, pouring, ear ring. And all, always with a spontaneous and enviable performance, it is unique in the way he managed to merge the East and the West (works fired in a gas oven until around 1330 Signature: yes Original work: Yes