“Justine”, vase-sculpture in Sèvres porcelain by Ettore Sottsass.
Sculptural vase in Sèvres porcelain, stemming from the first collaboration between the Master and the Manufacture between 1994 and 1996, a partnership that produced fourteen vases and a centerpiece distinguished by exceptionally subtle colour harmonies.
The piece is composed of a geometric stacking of cylindrical volumes in matte white, celadon green and blue-grey porcelain. The composition plays on balance, verticality and deliberate displacement: an upper cylinder set at a slight incline breaks the main axis and gives the object an almost anthropomorphic presence.
Here Sottsass deploys his distinctive visual language—elemental forms, bold colours, and a tension between architectural rigor and the sensuality of surfaces. The immaculate purity of Sèvres porcelain converses with the graphic precision of the coloured planes, transforming this vase into a true contemporary sculpture.
Both utilitarian object and minimalist totem, Justine embodies the encounter between a master of 20th-century design and the centuries-old excellence of the Sèvres National Manufacture.
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LIT.: Ettore Sottsass – Sèvres, les temps d’un voyage ; Series: Couleurs contemporaines – Les Cahiers ; Publisher: Bernard Chauveau Éditeur | Bears the manufacture’s mark (dated ’95), the decorator’s mark (monogram BC), and Ettore Sottsass’s signature, along with the impressed shape number | Very good condition.
Specifications
- Period
- The model designed around 1995; our example produced in 1995
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 19/32 in. (32 cm)
Width: 7 3/32 in. (18 cm)
Depth: 7 3/32 in. (18 cm)
