Large Polychrome Sandstone Vase Primavera Louis Lourioux Mascarons Faunes 20th

Large polychrome sandstone vase (green-beige), decorated with bas-relief pastilles representing masks of fauns or satyrs, signed Primavera** and Louis Lourioux* below, vintage 20th century.
This vase is in good condition and is of good quality. Signed below.
Please note: tiny chips on the masks, some scratches, dirt and wear from time, see photos.
*Louis Lourioux (1874-1930)
is a ceramist active in Foëcy between 1895 and 1930, contemporary of Lalique and Gallé. He became famous for his stoneware pieces and his great mastery of the arts of fire. Louis Lourioux began producing around 1902 in Foëcy, at the height of the Art Nouveau period. Imaginative and creative, he creates superb shaped pieces or decorations inspired by the plant or animal world. He was appointed as an Academy officer as an “art ceramist” in 1906. He then moved towards more sober production with geometric and Art Deco decorations and shapes. He will, like Émile Decœur, be very noted for the quality and variety of his enamels. Imposed by his father as a partner in the Buchon et Legros porcelain factory, Louis Lourioux took over its management in 1924. He quickly developed the company by creating original materials, shapes and patterns, combining ingenuity and technical mastery in his research Laboratory. He quickly oriented his factory towards more artistic production with the help of the decorator Aristide Pipet and the sculptors Joé Descomps-Cormier and Charles Lemanceau. His productions will also be among the first pieces recovered from the wreck of the Titanic. He will also work for the La Maîtrise workshops (Galeries Lafayette) and Primavera. He also exhibits his works in numerous salons: Salon d'Automne, the salon of decorative artists...
**The Primavera art workshop
launched in 1912, is the fruit of the happy collaboration between Gustave Laguionie, director of the Printemps department stores, his son Pierre who will succeed him, and René Guilleré, lawyer, collector and founder of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs (SAD). Their common desire and enthusiasm resulted in the opening of an original creative workshop within Printemps itself, which they named Primavera in reference to the name of the store. René Guilleré takes the helm alongside his wife Charlotte Chauchet, herself a painter and decorator. The couple surrounded themselves with numerous collaborators and recruited young, popular artists. Significant resources are deployed by management to promote the art workshop which participates in all major fairs devoted to decorative arts. The construction of a pavilion dedicated to Primavera productions on the Esplanade des Invalides during the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts of 1925 marks the peak of its popular success, particularly with a modest clientele. hitherto neglected, and critical.
Dimensions
Max diameter approx. 27 cm / ass 18 cm
Height 30 cm

Reference: 500 726
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Ref: HLKA994MGK