A SAINT CLEMENT BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR TRAY painted in bright-blue enamels with an estuary scene with fishermen in the foreground and a rowing boat before a rocky lookout, a rockwork arch and ships at sail within a rococo-scroll cartouche, the ground with scattered flower-sprays and insects within a simulated basketweave rim enriched in blue and gilt, circa 1770
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A SAINT CLEMENT BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR TRAY painted in bright-blue enamels with an estuary scene with fishermen in the foreground and a rowing boat before a rocky lookout, a rockwork arch and ships at sail within a rococo-scroll cartouche, the ground with scattered flower-sprays and insects within a simulated basketweave rim enriched in blue and gilt, circa 1770
30.5cm. wide
Lot Essay
For a tray of similar form in the Musée des Arts Decoratif, Strasbourg, see J. Chompret, op. cit., vol. 1, pl. 106