Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - 20th March 2024
Lot 9
'Archaic' a rare Clarice Cliff Bizarre vase, shape no.375, stepped flaring cylindrical body, painted
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £5670
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Description
'Archaic' a rare Clarice Cliff Bizarre vase, shape no.375, stepped flaring cylindrical body, painted in shades of red, blue and yellow outlined in black, printed and painted factory marks, 25.5cm. high
Provenance
Private collection.
Literature
Richard Green and Des Jones, The Rich Designs of Clarice Cliff, Rich Designs, page 11 for an identical example illustrated
Leonard Griffin, Clarice Cliff The Art of Bizarre, Pavilion Books, page 50 for an identical example illustrated.
Catalogue notes
Clarice copied this design from a capital design seen on a temple in the oasis of Thebes. Clarice saw the design reproduced in a Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones, published in 1856. This vase unusually has a painted Archaic mark and also the printed mark for the Temple at Thebes.