A LARGE FRENCH MAJOLICA FLAMINGO-FORM JARDINIERE
A LARGE FRENCH MAJOLICA FLAMINGO-FORM JARDINIERE

BLACK PAINTED MARK FOR DELPHIN MASSIER VALLAURIS (A.M.), CIRCA 1880

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A LARGE FRENCH MAJOLICA FLAMINGO-FORM JARDINIERE
BLACK PAINTED MARK FOR DELPHIN MASSIER VALLAURIS (A.M.), CIRCA 1880
Naturalistically modelled as three adorsed birds preening each others wings, the stem moulded and painted with bulrushes, the domed foot as waves
39 in. (99 cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Bottero, p. 66, fig. 2 and 5 and Magnelli, p. 74 cat. 47 for a vase of similar form but with variant birds titled 'Colonne Héron'. Also see D. Massier, planche 19, for an archival photograph illustrating model no. 1162, in two sizes, titled 'colonne aux trois flamands roses'.

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