Ovoid Vase Ovoïde with Silver Arrow Heads
Copperware ovoid-shaped vase made of copperware, entirely hammered. The surface shows a brown-red patina. It displays on its lower part a decor of triangles in the shades of mordoré and reversed triangles on its lower part, thus forming diamond shapes. Furthermore, the upper frieze is completed by a frieze of arrow heads made of silver inlays, emphasizing the art deco character of this vase.
Unique piece.
Signed: Cl-Linossier with his usual signature under the base of the piece.
Circa: 1925
Dimensions:
Height : 6 ¼ in.
Diameter : 5 in.
Remarks:
Claudius Linossier started working metal very young, first in a religious goldsmith shop in Lyon, then in two Parisian workshops. He works for a while with the brasser Jean Dunand. He receives the Florence Blumenthal grant and the first price in the International Exhibition of 1937. With Decoeur, Lenoble, Decorchemont and Daurat, he was a member of the French Contemporary artists. Without using enamels or lacquers, his decorations, geometric or in a stylised archaism, were composed of metal encrustations. The bodies of the pieces, in red bronze or black tone ferronickel, were brightened either by the shaded grey of silver, by the pale gold of yellow copper or by the dark purple of red copper, magnified by the violent and primitive action fire.
Bibliography:
J. Gaillard, Un lyonnais célèbre des années 20. Claudius Linossier, Lyon, Edition lyonnaise d’art et d’histoire, 1993, n° 20 C p. 191 for a similar decor.
