Robert Picault Vallauris Ceramic Pedestal Bowl with Geometric Greek Key Detail - 20th Century hurricane its tiered and textured trunk

its tiered and textured trunk rising from a flared foliate base

hand-forged frame

the urn is finished in luminous white porcelain

this expressive oil on canvas captures the bold experimentation that defined postwar European painting

Robert Picault Vallauris Ceramic Pedestal Bowl with Geometric Greek Key Detail - 20th Century hurricane its tiered and textured trunkA striking hand painted ceramic pedestal bowl by Robert Picault, one of the most celebrated figures of the Vallauris pottery movement in mid 20th century France. Executed in Picaults signature palette of deep cobalt blue on a creamy earthenware ground, the bowl features a bold, graphic composition of radiating geometric forms anchored by a central medallion and encircled by a continuous Greek key border. The rhythmic patterningboth structured and