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Date: 1900
Dimensions: height: 50 cm on a rounded base of ∅ 25 cm.
Important vase with a long neck decorated with a Nymph embracing a Virginia creeper. But wouldn't it be the other way around because at the top of the vase forming part of the neck, we see the head of a satyr emerging on the Nymph's neck. An allegory treated in the purest symbol of Art Nouveau, the naked woman surrounded by nature.
The vase decorated with Virginia creeper in shades of green, gray, slightly bluish, purple red on the bottom. The honey-colored nymph, surrounding the vase with her hands, head resting on her left arm, takes a very successful position, giving the impression of accepting the kiss.
Everything and tenderness and voluptuousness, the whole harmoniously realized.
Signed K.G Lunéville Bussiere
Bibliography: In "ceramic plants Ernest Bussières and art nouveau museum of the Nancy school 2000, in the introduction by Valérie Thomas, we see a photo of Ernest Bussière in his studio around 1901/1902 where the plaster work is on a shelf.
The museum of the Nancy school and the museum of earthenware of Lunéville have a similar piece.
Ref: PEE54UT8WN