Lot no. 319
LARGE POT-POURRI VASE AND COVER IN NEVERS FAIENCE FROM THE LATE 17th CENTURY
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Flared form, flattened neck, with twisted handles, resting on a pedestal, with "à la palette" decoration on each side of an animal in a landscape in an oval cartouche, interspersed with floral motifs standing out against a blue background; pierced, small splinters, chips.
Length: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Provenance :
Galerie Lefebvre, Paris ;
Collection du Docteur Rougerie, Versailles.
Bibliography:
Leprince and Wolvesperges, La faïence baroque française et les jardins de Le Nôtre, Paris, 2014, pp.170-171, n.19A.
Dossier de l'art, n° 30, June-July 1996, p.26.
A large Nevers faience pot-pourri vase and cover, late 17th century
Two examples of the same shape, but smaller and without cover, are in the collections of the Musée National de la Céramique in Sèvres.
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