Live Auction 2360500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets
A FRENCH MAJOLICA VASE MODELED AS A GRASSHOPPER
Lot 112

A FRENCH MAJOLICA VASE MODELED AS A GRASSHOPPER

CIRCA 1880, SIGNED IN BLACK DELPHIN MASSIER, VALLAURIS (A. M.)

Closed23 November 2010

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A FRENCH MAJOLICA VASE MODELED AS A GRASSHOPPER
CIRCA 1880, SIGNED IN BLACK DELPHIN MASSIER, VALLAURIS (A. M.)
Naturalistically modeled and enriched in shades of yellow and green
20 in. (50.7 cm.) long

Specialist note

See Maryse Bottero, Barbotines de la Côte d'Azur, Paris, 2002, p. 88, fig. 2 for a similarly modeled example of shape no. 1142/1-4; also see The Delphin Massier Catalogue of 1908, p. 33