JEAN ET JACQUELINE LERAT Pyrite stoneware covered bowl, with two arched side handles, each embellished with a frog in the round, and a sheep at the top of the lid, gray-green pyrite glaze. Incised handwritten signature "JJ Lerat" and "La Borne" inside the foot. Circa 1947-1948 (One ear broken) Height 32 cm - Length 33.5 cm - Depth 28 cm A covered cup in stoneware and enamel. Signed and localised (One broken ear). 12 5/8 x 13 1/4 x 11 in. PROVENANCE : Private collection, France This work will be included in the online catalog raisonné of the works of Jean and Jacqueline Lerat, edited by their son.

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