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The alternating green and gold tones of this vase's iridescent finish provide a fitting backdrop to the painted decoration of leaves, naturalistic features often found on Massier's Art Nouveau ceramics.
The vase is in very good condition, only a small chip on the top edge and between the 2 large leaf motifs (see last 2 photos).
Born into a family of ceramists, Clément Massier started his own company in Golfe-Juan, France in 1883. Inspired by reflective metal glazes they had seen in Italy and Spain, Massier and his company's artistic director, Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, unveiled their own gloss glazes at the Paris Exposition of 1889 to great success.