Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
A Delphin Massier Large Flamingo-Form Jardiniere, 'colonne aux trois flamands roses', Early 20th Century
Lot closes
October 16, 08:15 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Starting Bid
3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
modelled as three brightly painted flamingos attending each others plumage, the hollow column modeled in low relief with bulrushes against a blue ground, on a grooved mound base, impressed model number 1162
Height 39 1/2 in.,
100.3 cm
A close example of this model, signed Delphin Massier, Vallauris (A.M.), sold Bonhams Paris, May 17, 2023, lot 39. A second, or the same example, sold Christie's New York, January 21, 2004, lot 724. See Delphin Massier, Poterie d'Art, Delphin Massier & Cie, Cabinet d'échantillons, 1908, Réf. 1162/III, pl.19, for an archival photograph illustrating model no. 1162, in two sizes, titled 'colonne aux trois flamands roses'.