ANDRÉ METTHEY (1871-1920) Bathers and birdsImportant baluster vase with two detached handles in the taste of the Antique. Proof in polychrome enamelled ceramics with treatment in the archaic spirit; with large cracks and reserves allowing a glimpse of the earthen background. The bathers, in different positions, in oval medallions; the birds in frieze at the base of the neck. Signed with the monogram stamp A.M. in the cloverleaf on the reverse. Height : 38 cmBibliography : - Henri Clouzot - André Metthey, decorator and ceramist - Editions of the Bookshop of Decorative Arts, Paris, 1922 . An identical vase is reproduced on plate XV. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume IV : Ceramics & Glass - Edition Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. Identical model reproduced on page 332.