Clment MASSIER (1844-1917) Aquatic fauna and flora; barracudas and papyrus Rare and important vase in the symbolist style depicting courage and rebirth; the base is the base truncated cone, the shoulder dented quadrangular neck with moving rim. The proof is in ceramic mesh with a polychrome polychrome, with metallic lustre and rich iridescent effects effects; aubergine, mordor, turquoise and green. Circa 1900. Signed MASSIER Golfe Juan (A.M.) in the brush and bears the manufacturer's hallmarks on the the reverse. Height : 41,5 cm Public collection and related work : MAK, Museum fr angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria ? A smaller vase of smaller, identical shape is preserved in the collections of this under the inventory number MAK KE 4075 (purchased by the artist in in 1899); the same vase shown in a photograph from 1899 is kept in the same institution under the inventory number KI 7348-1. Related bibliography and works: Massier, l?introduction de la cramique artistique sur la Cte d?Azur ? Catalogue of the exhibition organised at the Muse Magnelli, muse de la Cramique, Vallauris (7 May to 27 September 2000), published by la Runion des Muses Nationaux, Paris, 2000. The dcor of our work to the vase reproduced on page 59, listed under number 24 of the catalogue.