Large amphora vase by Emile Decoeur (1876 - 1953)

Large vase with two handles in red copper and blue enameled stoneware, signed under the base E. DECOEUR and small incised clover. Referenced in the catalog "The Paris salon" by Alastair Duncan. Ceramist who entered as an apprentice at Edmond Lachenal at the age of 14, for 10 years, then he worked briefly with Fernand Rumèbe before establishing his own workshop. During the 20s, Decoeur specialized in stoneware pieces and porcelain vases in oriental style. At the end of the 20s and in the 30s, his repertoire became more and more simple, favoring symmetrical and pure forms almost entirely blank of decoration, with rich monochrome varnish yellow, green, white, pink, blue, or celadon. In the 1920s and 1930s, Decoeur was the most famous ceramist in France.