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He moved to Paris in about 1851 as overseer for the Dumas stove and tile firm, and in 1855 opened his own studio and, later his own retail shop, with his brother Xavier. Deck specialised in researching glazes and colours inspired by the ceramics of the Middle and Far East and he made wares in many of these styles including Persian and Chinese as well as imitations of  <i>cloisonné</i> enamels and 'Rhodian-ware'. \r\n\r\nThis vase is very close to Chinese ceramic originals of the 1700s both in shape, design and colour. These, in turn, were taken from earlier Chinese bronze forms. The vase was made by the French ceramicist Théodore Deck who established a pottery in Paris producing wares inspired by Middle-Eastern and Far-eastern ceramics. 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