Naturalistic shell-shaped vase on a wavy base.

Polychrome enamelled ceramic proof.

Circa 1894.

Signed LACHENAL and with the monogram GJ (intertwined) on the base.

Height: 47 cm 

Exhibitions and related works:

 - Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art – Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, December 1894. An identical model, or our work, exhibited during this event.

 - Universal Exhibition of 1900 – Paris, from April 14 to November 12, 1900. A vase with a similar decoration presented at this event. 

Bibliography:

 - Revue des Arts décoratifs – Fifteenth year – 1894-1895 – The drawing of the model reproduced on page 235, within an article entitled “ A decorative art salon at the Galerie Georges Petit ”.

 - Alastair Duncan – The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Volume IV: Ceramics and Glass – Editions Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1998. The drawing of the model reproduced on page 264.

 - Julius Hoffmann – Der Moderne Stil 1899-1905, Jugendstil / The Modern Style 1899-1905, Art nouveau – Arnoldsche Editions, Stuttgart, 2006. The drawing of the model reproduced on page 276.