Clément Massier, Moorish blue and gold planter, Circa 1890-1900, tin-glazed earthenware, Golfe Juan, France

This sumptuous, large-scale Massier planter testifies to the outstanding expertise of the Vallauris factories, brought to perfection by Clément Massier, who introduced the technique of metallic lustre. Round in shape, this pot holder with upward-pointing handles is highly original. The iridescence at the ends introduces a delicate gradation, in a gold and turquoise bichromy particularly favored by the artist. Moorish influences emerge on the surface of this precious object, echoing Massier’s taste for collecting. The omnipresence of the cache-pot in Clément Massier’s production led him to constantly renew his repertoire, producing variants, the most delicate of which are in the image of this model in metallic lustre.