TWO FRENCH MAJOLICA VASES MODELLED AS FLOWERS

CIRCA 1900, JMF MONOGRAM FOR JÉRÔME MASSIER FILS TO THE SECOND

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TWO FRENCH MAJOLICA VASES MODELLED AS FLOWERS
CIRCA 1900, JMF MONOGRAM FOR JÉRÔME MASSIER FILS TO THE SECOND
The first naturalistically modelled in high relief as a large iris growing from a short green stem, issuing three leaves; the second as a large pink and yellow parrot tulip growing from a similar stem
17 5/8 in. (44.6 cm.) high, the second (2)

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For a similar parrot tulip see Maryse Bottero, Barbotines de la Côte d'Azur, Paris, 2002, p. 95, fig. 10; also see The Jerome Massier Fils Catalogue, planche 35, no. 1212. See the following lot for a note on the iris.

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