CIBOURE - VILOTTE Period - Lot 740

CIBOURE - VILOTTE Period A bursiform vase made of glazed stoneware, featuring a Basque “bouvier” (ox-herder) motif: a man with a basket of fruit, a woman with a bag over her shoulder and her mule, rendered in black figures on an unglazed background, along with geometric friezes. Marked “VE” on the base. Circa 1925–1935 Height: 27 cm Bibliography: - Exhibition catalog from the Basque Museum and History Museum of Bayonne, July 18, 2020, to January 3, 2021, *La poterie d'art de Ciboure*, published by Le Festin, 2020. A similar vase and other variations are reproduced on p. 89. A similar model appears in an archival photo of the Ciboure pottery, reproduced on p. 52 of the same catalog, a plate created by Etienne Vilotte with reference numbers to present the models to customers (here, model 606) - Séverine BERGER, *La Poterie de Ciboure 1919–1945*, published by Atlantica, Biarritz, 1997. The archival photo is reproduced on p. 71.