Art Nouveau & Art Déco - Gallery in Monaco
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VASE, CIRCA 1900
Iridescent ceramic with a design in semi-relief of a naked woman
Signed Clément Massier Golfe Juan under the base
Height: 30 cm.
Exhibition
De Munch à Tiffany, Lumière sur la collection Newmann, Fondation Newmann, 4 March-15 August 2004
“THEODORA”, CIRCA 1900
Parcel-gilt and silvered-bronze figure of the empress wearing the Byzantium crown,
heightened with translucent enamels and set with colourful semi-precious stones
Signed and impressed with the foundry mark
61 cm. high
Theodora was the wife of Justinian I who was crowned Emperor of the
Byzantine Empire in 527 AD. As his wife, she ruled by his side, and as his partner,
her intelligence helped to advance the Empire
