Taxile Doat, Gourd, ca. 1902

Glazed porcelain

h. 4 1/4 in. (10,8 cm) - w. 3 1/2 in. (8,9 cm)

Signed ‘TDoat Sèvres’ under the base

COLLECTION OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Provenance

French art market, ca.1990’s - Collection of Lillian Hoffmann, New York, until 2014 - Rago Arts Auction, 1st March 2014, lot 31 - American private collection, acquired at the above sale, until January 2019.

Exhibitions

A gourd of similar shape, with the same pentagonal neck and decorated with pearls, but a different 'flammé' pattern, was exhibited at the 1902 Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Literature

Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume IV : Ceramics and Glass, 1998, page 180 (a similar piece illustrated).