VASE AND COVER IN NEVERS FAIENCE FROM THE MID-SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, PROBABLY DOMINIQUE CONRADE Cylindrical, flared form, resting on a pedestal, with a spinning-top handle, decorated in blue and white with characters from the Astrée in a rotating landscape with Chinese dwellings on the base and lid; restoration to the neck, very small chips, chips. H. 41 cm (16 ¼ in.) Provenance: Galerie Peyre-Sieberth, Paris. A Nevers faience vase and cover, mid-17th century, probably Dominique Conrade This piece is also an example of French production inspired directly and freely by Italian production in the Liguria region.