EDMOND LACHENAL (1855-1948) Vase1893glazed stoneware, signed in the glaze 'LACHENAL' and further initialed and dated 'EL 1893' further marked 'gbre' and stamped 'LACHENAL'height 12 3/4in (32.3cm); diameter 9in (22.8cm)EDMOND LACHENAL (1855-1948)Vase1893glazed stoneware, signed in the glaze 'LACHENAL' and further initialed and dated 'EL 1893' further marked 'gbre' and stamped 'LACHENAL'height 12 3/4in (32.3cm); diameter 9in (22.8cm)The offered lot appears to be the earliest recorded version of this model. It is most frequently found in a deep turquoise color with deeper blue highlights. Another example is known with brown decoration on a yellow ground. An example, shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, is now in the collection of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Blue-ground examples are in various public collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the collection of Rutgers University.ProvenanceH. Blairman & Sons Ltd., London, 2000