ROBJ Art Deco Jazz Band in Porcelain

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...

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

Both charming and sophisticated, this porcelain perfume warmer -- featuring a bearded Chinese man with a pointed hat and black robe at the top of a stepped platform -- was made by Ro...

Roger Cogneville (1903-1965) A highly unusual and extremely stylish Art Deco ivory-colored ceramic sculpture of a jazz trio, the large stylized figures tightly grouped and dynamic...

Rare and striking, this porcelain sculpture and night light depicts two Bedouin women swathed in brilliant white robes, framed by gold headbands and a gold floor beneath their feet. ...

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