Pablo Picasso’s Pichet à glace exemplifies the artist’s ability to transform a functional vessel into a living work of art. Created at the Madoura pottery workshop in Vallauris, this ceramic pitcher - whose name translates to “ice jug” - reflects Picasso’s playful mastery of form and his deep engagement with classical themes.

The piece combines utility with imagination: its sculptural shape and painted decoration blur the line between object and character, suggesting faces, animals, or mythic figures emerging from its contours. Rendered in warm earthen tones and expressive glazes, Pichet à glace captures the spontaneity and humor that defined Picasso’s ceramic work.

As with much of his pottery, the jug reveals the artist’s delight in reinvention - melding ancient craft with modern spirit. In Pichet à glace, clay becomes both canvas and sculpture, a celebration of Picasso’s boundless creativity and his ability to find art in even the most everyday forms.