ROBERT DEBLANDER (1924-2010) Half Moon, circa 1965 Rare flattened pear-shaped vase; the neck is soliflore and off-center. Stoneware proof with rich pyrites; the decoration is titled in beige enamel on one side. Signed with the star initials in incisions at the point below the base. H.22.5 cm - L.25.5 cm Bibliography and related works - Yvonne Brunhammer, "Les vases de Robert Deblander" in La Maison Française- N° 192, November 1965. A close model and variants reproduced on page 195. - Sylvie Girard, Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé and Robert Deblander - Robert Deblander, L'œuvre céramique 1951-2001 - Catalogue published on the occasion of the retrospective of the artist's ceramic work presented from November 6, 2001 to February 4, 2002 at the Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, Éditions La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, Vendin-le-Vieil, 2001. A close model reproduced on page 111; variants reproduced on pages 38 and 111. - Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé - Robert Deblander, œuvre céramique - Éditions La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, Vendin-le-Vieil, 2009. Matching models reproduced on pages 65 and 148.