Jules Guérin, zoomorphic ceramic sculpture vase “Inca / Aztec bird” stoneware from Bouffioulx 1950s

Vase or zoomorphic sculpture in the shape of a stylised bird, created by Jules Guérin around 1950.

Signed on the base and numbered N°3225 for its shape, this ceramic piece is part of a particularly aesthetic series with modernist decoration inspired by pre-Columbian motifs, reminiscent of Inca (Nazca) or Aztec pottery.

In perfect condition.



Biography of Jules Guérin (1919-1999) - Bouffioulx:

Jules Guérin was a Belgian ceramist from Bouffioulx, a village renowned for its centuries-old tradition of salt-fired stoneware. Son of the famous Art Nouveau and Art Deco ceramist Roger Guérin (1896-1954) and grandson of the ceramist Willem Delsaux, he inherited a family know-how passed down through several generations.

After the Second World War, he took over his father's workshop and continued the technique of high-fired salt-glazed stoneware: firing at a very high temperature (around 1,300°C), to which sea salt is added to obtain a vitrified, impermeable and resistant glaze.

Jules Guérin developed his own shapes and designs, sometimes inspired by modern art, stylised motifs or zoomorphic representations. His pieces, produced between 1950 and 1970, are often signed by hand or stamped with ‘Guérin' or ‘Guérin Bouffioulx'.