Vintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase Farmhouse Pottery Traditionally rendered in blue on

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Vintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase Farmhouse Pottery Traditionally rendered in blue onVintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase. When Japan opened its doors to the West at the close of the nineteenth century, a fascination with the East began to shape European decorative arts for decades to come. In that spirit of Orientalism and in a richly naturalistic style, Christofle created this sculptural vase with two fish symmetrically intertwined, their bodies rising gracefully as they rest upon their tail flukes. The result is