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Taxile Doat
Gourd, ca. 1902Glazed porcelainh. 4 1/4 in. (10,8 cm) - w. 3 1/2 in. (8,9 cm)Signed ‘TDoat Sèvres’ under the baseCOLLECTION OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOCOLLECTION OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGOProvenance
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).
