Taxile Doat – Vase, ca. 1904

Taxile Doat

Vase, ca. 1904

Crackled and glazed porcelain
h. 16,8 cm - w.12,2 cm

MARKS : Vase incribed 'TDoat'
Base inscribed 'TDoat Sèvres'

PROVENANCE : German art market - Collection of Gerda Vedder (1923-2016), Düsseldorf, Germany - French private collection until 2019.

SIMILAR PIECES : A vase of identical shape, albeit without the base, is in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, inventory n°18618561.

EXHIBITED : 'Taxile Doat - Meister des Grand Feu', Hetjens-Museum, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, from 27th February to 7th September 2014.

LITERATURE : M. Verneuil, 'Taxile Doat Céramiste', in Art et Décoration, volume XVI, July 1904, page 85 (for an identical base) - Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914 : Ceramics and Glass, volume IV, page 184.

COLLECTION : American private collection