Ceramic clock “Léda et le Cygne”, Jean Mayodon (1893-1967), circa 1945
- Title
- “Léda et le Cygne”
- Date
- Circa 1945
- Signature
- Signed with the artist's monogram on the reverse
- Dimensions
- H. 23, W. 34, D. 24 cm
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Cylindrical ceramic clock with enamelled decoration depicting Leda and the Swan, surrounded by deer and tortoises in grisaille on a salmon and white ground
Signed with the artist’s monogram on the reverse
Circa 1940-1950
H. 23 cm, W. 34 cm, D. 24 cm
Biographical notes
A major 20th-century ceramicist and decorator, Jean Mayodon worked most of his life in his studio in Sèvres. Artistic adviser to the Sèvres Manufactory from 1934 to 1939, he became its artistic director in 1941. His enamelled pieces, often unique, highlighted with gold and peopled with mythological figures, adorned the liners Normandie and France among others.
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