Georges Charles Coudray Vases

Jean Besnard Art Deco ceramic, signed and dated 1932, in excellent condition.

Dimensions Height: 7.25 inches Width: 5.25 inches Depth: 4.5 inches. Markings Fully marked on the bottom with a "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche (for “Bergmann”), and “GESHUTZED” (German: “PROTECTED). ABOUT What distinguishes this unique bud vase from others is a perfect synthesis of a utilitarian object and a Fine sculpture. It is not only the amazing subtlety and taste of the author’s artist skills, but an extraordinary design and an absolutely outstanding original plot. Designed for a single flower only, it is nonetheless a very complex and multifaceted composition filled with warm humor and fantasy. Sitting on a vessel shaped as a gourd, clasping its goat legs with hooves and holding on to the neck with one hand in order not to fall of it; a playful and mischievous faun holds by the tail a fleeing lizard with the other hand. FRANZ XAVIER BERGMANN (Austrian, 1861–1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze oriental, erotic and animal figures, the latter often humanized or whimsical, humorous objects d'art. Cold painted bronze refers to pieces cast in Vienna and then decorated in several layers with so-called dust paint; the expertise for the mix of this kind of paint has been lost. The color was not fired hence "cold painted". Mainly women working...

Circa !900 Japanese Large well shaped bronze champleve enameled vase.. Six paneled sides with Asian themed engravings on each panel.With two ringed handles. Original warm amber brow...

Of Classic vessel form, with an oval, splayed foot, narrow, waisted body and wide, flaring mouth. Very heavy and archaist vessel with lucky beetles around the sides.    

The glazed stoneware vase with mark on bottom. Exhibited in bard exhibition, NY April 4 - August 11, 2013.

A Susie Cooper Art Deco Modernist Vase. Incised with abstract foliate decoration and decorated in an olive green glaze, the base signed Susie Cooper England, 1932. Provenance: From t...

The small vase with incised mark on bottom.

Schneider red glass vase, circa 1900.

A good quality late 19th century Japanese Kutani vase, having the classical orange ground, dog of faux handles to either side, classical motif dec...

An antique Japanese Persian style vase set offers Champlevé enameled bronze urn form vessels with figural double handles, decorative bands to i...

Daum Nancy vase, circa 1900.

A ceramic vase on a bronze base

French Art Nouveau cylindrical vase in smoked topaz glass, circa 1900s, attributed to Legras. A martelé surface is enriched with hand-gilded daisies and trailing foliage, with gilt l...

With applied handles, blue iridescent with oil drops throughout, signed Loetz Austria.

"Designed by Franz Hofstotter, engraved Loetz/Austria. Literature: Lötz: Böhmisches Glas 1880-1940, Band 2, Munich, 1989, p. 91 (for the drawing of the model) Helmut Ricke, Lötz...