A VASE BY ARGYRIADES PLATON ENTITLED "THE KISS OF PAN" SIGNED AND ENTITLED IN GOLD ON THE BASE

FRANCE C.1920-25

A VERY PRETTY VASE ENAMELLED BOTH TO THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DEPICTING THE GOAT FOOT GOD PAN EMBRACING A YOUNG WOMAN AMONGST RUINS AND TREES NICOLAS-CONSTANTIN PLATON ARGYRIADES BORN 27 JULY 1888 IN MARSILLE. MET WITH G.ARGY-ROUSSEAU IN 1902 AT THE ECOLE NATIONALE DE CERAMIQUE DE SEVRES WHERE BOTH AT AGE 17 WERE STUDENTS OF CERAMICS, ENAMELLING AND GLASS WORK, THEY ESTABLISHED A LIFE LONG RELATIONSHIP AS FRIENDS AND CONFIDANTS. G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU MARRIED PLATON'S SISTER MARIANNE ARGYRIADES IN 1913. PLATON REALISED OUTSTANDING WORKS OF ENAMEL ON GLASS AND EXHIBITED ALONGSIDE G.ARGY- ROUSSEAU AT THE APPLIED ART SECTION OF THE SALON DES ARTISTES FRANCAIS IN THE 1920'S

5"H x 9"DIA

PRICE ON APPLICATION

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