ERNEST CHAPLET (1835-1909) CERAMIST & JEAN RINGEL D'ILLZ - Lot 11

ERNEST CHAPLET (1835-1909) CERAMIST & JEAN RINGEL D'ILLZACH (1847-1916) SCULPTOR Seated teddy bear Sculpture. Enameled porcelain proof with thick pale blue glaze (jiangdou type - peach skin/orange skin) with purplish hues. Circa 1891-1895. Height: 9.3cm Public collections: - Musée des Beaux-arts de Lyon - A color variant preserved in this institution under inventory number B1260-7. - Musée National de la Céramique de Sèvres - A color variant held by this institution. Related literature: Jean D'Albis - Ernest Chaplet; un céramiste Art nouveau - Les Presses de la Connaissance, Paris, 1976. A chapter devoted to collaborative works between Ernest Chaplet and Jean Ringel d'Illzach (illustrated with pieces) page 67. Bibliography and related works: De Chaplet à Mayodon (dont Fonds Chaplet) - Catalogue of the Lenormand et Dayen sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 5, 1992. An identical work or our work reproduced on page 21 and described under catalog number 21 on page 81.