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Octopus Tentacles Vase

Jean-Baptiste Gaziello · c. 1910 · luster-glazed earthenware

Artist
Jean-Baptiste Gaziello
Date
c. 1910
Region
France
Dimensions
H 55 cm

A sculpted spiral body treated like living tissue: the glaze shifts from verdigris to oxidized copper as the light moves across relief. The form reads as taxonomy, but the archive holds it equally as a study in iridescence.

Provenance

Private collection record (to be attached), with cross-references to comparable luster bodies and documented studio examples.