Ali Baba

From the cave of the forty thieves, Ali Baba brought back the memory of the jars: those great earthen bellies where oil, gold and secrets were once hidden away. Chrystiane Charles keeps their full roundness: a body of ivory-lacquered wood, smooth and taut, which she girds with a collar of bronze leaves, finely chased, clasped at the shoulder like a brooch. A fabric shade, offered in several conical forms, crowns the whole in a deep, warm tone.