Monumental vase ca. 1890 Ernest Chaplet French The massive scale of this vase represents a technical feat, even for a master like Chaplet. Firing porcelain this large posed many challenges, as evidenced by the firing crack and sloped profile where the clay sagged in the kiln. While many of his contemporaries worked almost exclusively in stoneware, Chaplet focused on porcelain, a material that required a much higher firing Monumental vase. French, Choisy-le-Roi. ca. 1890. Porcelain. Ceramics-Porcelain

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