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Vase with leaves and seed pods

ca. 1896–1900
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 521
Art Nouveau ceramics, produced from around 1880 to 1914, the start of World War I, encompassed a variety of different styles and influences, including national historicism, nature, symbolism, and an interest in Japanese culture. The period’s diverse practitioners were driven by the search for new forms that responded to the sweeping social, cultural, economic and artistic changes wrought by industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century and the advent of World War I. The Art Nouveau French ceramicist Henri-Léon Charles Robalbhen specialized in organic vegetal and floral motifs such as the seed pods and leaves decorating this vase. The name Robalbhen may have been a pseudonym for the painter Henri Laurent-Desrousseaux.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with leaves and seed pods
  • Maker: Perhaps Henri Alphonse Laurent-Desrousseaux (French, 1862–1906) working under the collective name of Robalbhen
  • Date: ca. 1896–1900
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Glazed earthenware
  • Dimensions: confirmed: 5 11/16 × 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (14.5 × 9.8 × 9.8 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2024
  • Object Number: 2024.450.6
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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