3: Imperial Porcelain. Art Nouveau

Vase: Artichokes

1910

Designed and painted by Nikolai Daladughin

Imperial Porcelain Factory and Glassworks

Porcelain, with polychrome underglaze painting

This cylindrical vase bearing a depiction of large artichoke flower heads on tall elongated stems is an example of underglaze painting on porcelain. Polychrome underglaze painting was developed at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen and demonstrated at the 1889 World Fair in Paris. Between 1892 and 1894, under the guidance of the leading Danish specialists Lijsberg and Mortensen, the artists of the Imperial Porcelain Factory began to work in this technique. The painted decoration of this vase was devised and executed by the artist Nikolai Daladughin (1875-1940).