Jean Puiforcat

Vase, 8461 model

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May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 EUR

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Jean Puiforcat

Vase, 8461 model

Designed circa 1930

Silver and glass tiles

Signed JEAN E. PUIFORCAT on the underside, stamped EP and with silver hallmark on the underside and the flank

20,5 x 21 cm ; 8 ⅛ x 8 ¼ in.

Gross weight : 3410 grs

Bernard Laurent collection, Villefranche-sur-Mer

Thence by descent to the present owner

René Chavance, "L'Union des artistes modernes", Mobilier et Décoration, July 1931, p. 331

Moderne Maharajah un mécène des années 1930, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 26 September 2019 - 12 January 2020, p. 84, 176-178

A same model of vase was presented by Jean Puiforcat at the 2nd UAM exhibition at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris in 1931.

The Maharajah of Indore acquired the same model for the banqueting hall of his Manik Bagh Palace, India.

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