A PAIR OF FRENCH CERAMIC GREEK REVIVAL VASES

CIRCA 1870, BLACK PAINTED AND IMPRESSED MARKS FOR JÉRÔME MASSIER FILS, VALLAURIS (A.M.)

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A PAIR OF FRENCH CERAMIC GREEK REVIVAL VASES
Circa 1870, black painted and impressed marks for Jérôme Massier Fils, Vallauris (A.M.)
Each of amphora form, the tall trumpet neck with anthemion and band of key-pattern, flanked by upright strap handles, the shield shaped body painted with a continuous classical chariot scene, the reverse with a nude male holding a sword and shield and a similar winged figure holding a vase above key-pattern and faux flutes, on a conforming socle
27½ in. (69.8 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

See Maryse Bottero, Barbotines de la Côte d'Azur, Paris, 2002, p. 105, fig. 6 for a Jérôme Massier postcard announcing the opening of the Mont-Boron showrooms. The card depicts an artisan painting a classical vase, an amphora vase similar in form to the present lot rests at her feet.

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