Georges DE FEURE (1868 - 1943) for L'ART NOUVEAU BING (publi - Lot 135

Georges DE FEURE (1868 - 1943) for L'ART NOUVEAU BING (publisher) Porcelain ice bucket with curved tubular body and slightly bulging neck with two small, detached, applied side handles with hyacinth bodies. Decorated with hyacinth and stylized vegetation in pink, green and pistachio enamels on a white ground. Signed, stamped ANB (Art Nouveau Bing), marked Leuconoé and numbered 525 on the reverse. Height. 20 cm Minimal chips on reverse, firing crack on one of the handles. Provenance: former Gustave Violet workshop collection ? History: a variant of our model in blue and pink tones was presented at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1902. It is currently in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (n°inv. 10282). Another two-tone variant is also on display at the Musée National Adrien Dubouché in Limoges (n°inv. ADL11756). Bibliography: Gustave Kahn, "Les Objets d'Art aux Salons", Art & Décoration, July 1902, similar model referenced and reproduced p. 26. Gabriel P. Weisberg, Art Nouveau Bing - Paris Style 1900, Harry N. Abrams & The Smithsonian. Abrams & The Smithsonian Institution Travelling Service, New York, 1986, variant of our model referenced as no. 73 and reproduced on p. 242. Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914 - Volume IV: Ceramics & Glass, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1998, similar model reproduced on p. Gabriel P. Weisberg, Edwin Becker & Evelyne Possémé, Les origines de l'Art Nouveau - La Maison Bing, Van Gogh Museum & Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, Antwerp & Paris, 2004, variant of our model referenced p. 275.