Charles Cart - Vase - Earthenware - Vase Charle Cart
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This French faience vase by Charles Cart, made around 1960, measures 30 cm high and 12 cm wide and has a glossy red, brown and ochre glaze over a rough, stone-like body, with the artist’s signature and model number 2 on the base.
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Lot description:
Remarkable modernist-era art pottery vase, created in the 1960s by renowned ceramicist Charles Cart at his Savoyard workshop, Le Cyclope, in Annecy-le-Vieux 1stDibs.
This emblematic piece from the so-called “Émaux des Glaciers” collection features a freely shaped flask form with a striking aesthetic, playing on bold contrasts of texture. The upper section is covered in a smooth, glossy, fluid glaze in fiery shades of scarlet red, chocolate brown, and touches of orange. This decoration flows organically over a body with a rough, volcanic texture, evoking stone, molten lava, or sea foam (Fat Lava style) 1stDibs.
The underside of the white clay base bears the artist’s fluid handwritten signature, painted in black oxide, as well as the model number “2.” engraved into the material.
• Artist: Charles Cart
• Workshop: Poterie Le Cyclope (Annecy-le-Vieux)
• Era / Period: 20th century (circa 1960)
• Technique: Ceramic, Fat Lava-style glazes and sea-foam texture
• Colors: Fiery red, brown, ochre, and stone-gray / off-white ground
• Signature: Artist’s monogram and number “2.” on the underside of the base
Lot description:
Remarkable modernist-era art pottery vase, created in the 1960s by renowned ceramicist Charles Cart at his Savoyard workshop, Le Cyclope, in Annecy-le-Vieux 1stDibs.
This emblematic piece from the so-called “Émaux des Glaciers” collection features a freely shaped flask form with a striking aesthetic, playing on bold contrasts of texture. The upper section is covered in a smooth, glossy, fluid glaze in fiery shades of scarlet red, chocolate brown, and touches of orange. This decoration flows organically over a body with a rough, volcanic texture, evoking stone, molten lava, or sea foam (Fat Lava style) 1stDibs.
The underside of the white clay base bears the artist’s fluid handwritten signature, painted in black oxide, as well as the model number “2.” engraved into the material.
• Artist: Charles Cart
• Workshop: Poterie Le Cyclope (Annecy-le-Vieux)
• Era / Period: 20th century (circa 1960)
• Technique: Ceramic, Fat Lava-style glazes and sea-foam texture
• Colors: Fiery red, brown, ochre, and stone-gray / off-white ground
• Signature: Artist’s monogram and number “2.” on the underside of the base
Details
Era
1900-2000
Title additional information
Vase Charle Cart
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
France
Designer/artist/maker
Charles Cart
Material
Earthenware
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
30 cm
Width
12 cm
Depth
0 cm
Estimated period
1950-1960
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