Clement Massier - Pair of Turquoise Glaze Vases

Name: Clement Massier - Pair of Turquoise Glaze Vases
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1093091
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Willows Antiques and Interiors

Description

A rare pair of Clement Massier turquoise glaze vases. Finely glazed with a slight crackle effect to the glaze.

With double handles inspired by the Alhambra vase.

Both vases signed to the underside stamped in the pottery Clement Massier Golfe-Juan.

French, circa 1900.

Cle´ment Massier was a famous ceramicist working in Golfe-Juan. He was particularly famous for developing his own luster glaze and he produced his iridescent, metallic glaze for which he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. That same year Massier also became an of official supplier to the British crown. His works are exhibited in museums worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Physical Dimensions

Height

30.5cm (12.01")

Width

20cm (7.87")

Depth

16.5cm (6.50")

Declaration

Willows Antiques and Interiors has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1093091

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Description

A rare pair of Clement Massier turquoise glaze vases. Finely glazed with a slight crackle effect to the glaze.

With double handles inspired by the Alhambra vase.

Both vases signed to the underside stamped in the pottery Clement Massier Golfe-Juan.

fig 1. Clement Massier - pair of turquoise glaze vases — fig 1. Clement Massier - Pair of Turquoise Glaze Vases

French, circa 1900.

Cle´ment Massier was a famous ceramicist working in Golfe-Juan.

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He was particularly famous for developing his own luster glaze and he produced his iridescent, metallic glaze for which he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900.

Willows Antiques and Interiors

That same year Massier also became an of official supplier to the British crown. His works are exhibited in museums worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.