Ernst Chaplet French, 1835-1909
Blood Red "Hu" Vase,
c. 1887
c. 1887
11.5h x 7.5w inches
Porcelain
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Coming from an artist who guarded his notebooks like trade secrets and purportedly destroyed them before his death in 1907, owning a vase from Chaplet’s experimental period is like possessing...
Coming from an artist who guarded his notebooks like trade secrets and purportedly destroyed them before his death in 1907, owning a vase from Chaplet’s experimental period is like possessing a page from one of those coveted, top secret notebooks. Aiming to discover the secret to replicating Chinese high-fired red copper oxide glazes, Chaplet’s experiments began in 1884. He developed a spectrum of red flambe glazes ranging in tone from the somber to bright. Using a traditional Chinese Hu wine vessel as his form, Chaplet reveals the full spectrum of his discoveries in the color-saturated tones of dusky poumon-de-cheval red, and the flat foie-de-mulet red with a feathery hint of what he would come to be feted for, the vibrant sang-de-boeuf.