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Vintage Celadon French Style Pique-Assiette Mosaic Square Folk Art Urn Vase-8.3\" for sale
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Vintage Celadon French Style Pique-Assiette Mosaic Square Folk Art Urn Vase-8.3\":
$55.00
• Form:Square pedestal urn witha tiered architectural foot and wide square rim• Base Glaze:Celadon green with anall-over intentional fine crackle glaze• Mosaic Motifs:Female portraitvignette, blue & white transferware, & pink florals• Condition:Pre-owned Excellentvintage studio art condition. No structural cracks or post-production damage tothe ceramic body. The mosaic collar features raw, uneven broken edges on theporcelain shards set into grout, which is an inherent, intended characteristicof this unique art form.Dimensions: Approximately 8.3\"tall x 4.5\" diameter at the rimWeight: Approximately 2 lbs.Historical Reference:The French call thistechnique \"Picassiette,\" the art of Mosaic Shard Pottery. Thispicassiette vase (often spelled pique-assiette) refers to a vase decoratedusing a specific style of folk-art mosaic made from broken ceramic plates,porcelain teacups, & vintage pottery shards - making this weighty treasurefrom trash. In French, pique-assiette translates literally to \"platepicker,\" \"plate thief,\" or \"scrounger.\" In the contextof art, it playfully refers to the practice of \"scrounging\" orupcycling discarded, broken crockery.This technique is namedafter Raymond Isidore (1900–1964), a humble cemetery caretaker from Chartres,France. In 1938, Isidore began collecting beautifully colored shards ofporcelain and glass from public landfills, fields, and his neighbors. For over30 years, he covered his entire cottage, every piece of furniture, and hisgarden with millions of these fragments. His neighbors mocked his obsessivebehavior and gave him the derogatory nickname \"Picassiette,\"combining pique-assiette (scrounger) with a intended pun on the artist Picassoand assiette (plates).
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