Important Design

Important Design

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Bernard Laurent collection

Jean-Désiré Ringel d'Illzach

Batracian Chimera

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May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 EUR

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Description

Jean Désiré Ringel d’Illzach


Batracian Chimera


1905

Glazed stoneware

Executed by Elchinger Manufacture

Signed Ringel d'Illzach and dated 1905 on the lower part of the back and indistinctly inscribed Elchinger et Fils, Soufflenheim on a side

65 x 40 x 30 cm ; 25 ½ x 15 ¾ x 12 in.

Bernard Laurent collection, Villefranche-sur-Mer

Thence by descent to the present owner

For a similar model:

Symbolism and the grotesque: the fantastical creatures of Carriès and Ringel d'Illzach, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Charles Janoray, New York, 2006, n.p.

Formes vivantes, exhibition catalogue, Manufacture de Sèvres museum, Paris, 9 november 2022 - 7 may 2023, p. 162

A similar model is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection (M.2006.98.2)