Grotesque Double Sided Bowl/Ashtray

Thick glazed stoneware modelled with handle in the shape of two different and grotesque faces. Signed R. Gauguin, 242 and Impressed with manufacturer's marks to underside. Literature: Jean-Loup Champion, 'Jean René Gaugin: Sculpteur et Céramiste', exh. cat., Musée d'art et d' industrie André Diligent, Roubaix and Maison du Danemark, Paris, 2014, p. 116, cat. nos 102 and 103.