Tapered vase with a constriction and a bulging neck.

Polychrome enamelled ceramic proof.

Signed with the monogram RH on the bottom.

Height: 19.2 cm

Archives and related works:

Bibliothèque Forney, Paris – Identical models reproduced in period photographs showing the interior of the René Herbst Boutique during the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, kepts in the collections of this institution under inventory numbers RES ICO 5621 5-1 N130 and RES ICO 5621 5-1 241, within the René Herbst Archives.

Exhibitions and related works:

- Salon d’Automne – Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, from November 1st to December 16, 1923. An identical model was exhibited at this event, in the setting of a Corsican hotel lobby created by René Herbst and the decorator Rigault.

- International Exhibition of Decorative Arts– Paris, 1925. Identical models were exhibited at the René Herbst Boutique on Pont Alexandre III during this event.

Bibliography :

Solange Goguel, iconography compiled by Anne Bony and the author – René Herbst – Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1990. An identical model reproduced on page 59, in a photograph showing the decor created by René Herbst and the decorator Rigault for a Corsican hotel lobby, exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1923.