Rare Art Deco Four Figure Jazz Band By Robj

Superb and extremely rare ROBJ Templar and Saracen chess set from the French Art Deco Period circa 1930. Beautiful and playful detail on the pieces. Exotic wood chess board of orig...

Pair of Art Déco french glass perfume bottles by ROBJ and Burgun & Schverer By: ROBJ, Burgun & Schverer Material: copper, glass, metal, s...

Illustrated in "Ceramiche Robj" and considered a major design by the renowned sculptor and ceramicist, this large piece was probably made in early 1930s to coincide with the debut of the Exposition Coloniale Internationale in Paris, which attracted almost 9 million visitors in less than a year. Rare and striking, this porcelain table lamp base depicts the globe surmounted by a tightly composed cluster of nude and semi-nude female figures representing cultures around the world. The women depicted here, all glazed in a gorgeous snow-white glaze highlighted in gold, are clearly representing a range of nations in Asia and Africa, probably coinciding with the nations that were part of the French Colonial Empire in the 1930s, before they won their freedom. Much like the one surviving building from the Exposition, now the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration, which features a massive bas relief mural...

ROBJ-like Art Déco french glazed and painted porcelain bottle with cork stopper By: ROBJ (in the style of) Material: porcelain, enamel, paint, cork, ...