Stoneware Bowl with Sun Motif by Jean-Claude Taburet for Hb Henriot, 1960s-1970s

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Vintage stoneware bowl with sun motif by jean-claude taburet for hb henriot (circa 1960s-70s). A strong and characteristic piece from … Read more Vintage stoneware bowl with sun motif by jean-claude taburet for hb henriot (circa 1960s-70s). A strong and characteristic piece from jean-claude taburet's long collaboration with the hb henriot manufactory in quimper, france, the oldest continuously active faïencerie in the country, tracing its origins to 1690. The coupe is worked in stoneware, its decoration incised into the clay body with a central sun motif, its rays spreading outward in the ancient manner common to breton traditions, surrounded and framed by a series of stylised flowers. The incised lines have depth to them, shadow, the sense of a hand pressing deliberately into resistant material. It is a modest form in scale, but it carries the weight of a much larger object. The sun is not an incidental choice of motif. For taburet, working in a region saturated with celtic legend and ancient symbolic imagery, solar forms carried genuine cultural meaning — a continuity between the prehistoric standing stones of carnac, the illuminated manuscripts of early breton christianity, and the modernist decorative tradition he was simultaneously engaged with. The result is a piece that feels rooted rather than merely decorative. The piece is in very good overall condition. It is s igned to the underside with the hb henriot quimper mark and taburet's name. All works bearing this hb mark pre-date 1984, when he departed the manufactory. The incised sun and frieze decoration is characteristic of his output from the 1960s and early 1970s, the most sought-after period of his hb production.

dimensions : h 5.5 cm / 2.2" dia 29.5 cm / 11.6" See less