Jacques BLIN Large vase – Circa 1960 Blue-glazed ceramic with incised decoration depicting satyrs playing the flute, along with plant and animal motifs Engraved signature: J Blin Height: 29.5 cm Blue-glazed ceramic with incised decoration depicting satyrs playing the flute, along with plant and animal motifs; signed Height: 11.61 in. Jacques Blin is a French ceramicist renowned for his poetic style and his finely engraved designs inspired by birds, animals and nature. After beginning his career as an engineer, he devoted himself entirely to ceramics in the 1950s. His creations are characterised by their clean lines, soft-toned glazes and delicately incised motifs that tell stories. He exhibited, notably, at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as well as at the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics in Prague, where he was awarded a gold medal in 1962. His work is now regarded as a major reference point in 20th-century French ceramics. Jacques Blin is a French ceramic artist known for his poetic style and his finely engraved designs inspired by birds, animals and nature. After beginning his career as an engineer, he devoted himself entirely to ceramics in the 1950s. His creations are distinguished by their clean lines, their soft-toned glazes, and their delicately incised motifs that tell stories. He exhibited notably at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as well as at the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics in Prague, where he won a gold medal in 1962. His work is now regarded as a major reference point in 20th-century French ceramics. Jacques BLIN