A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL BASIN

INCISED SCRIPT AND MONOGRAM MARKS FOR CHARLES-JEAN AVISSEAU, CIRCA 1880

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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL BASIN
INCISED SCRIPT AND MONOGRAM MARKS FOR CHARLES-JEAN AVISSEAU, CIRCA 1880
Moulded and applied with pond life, including: a tadpole, a snake, a crayfish, snails, a frog, a beetle and a salamander among ferns, lilypads, water plantain and oak branches
12¾ in. (32.3 cm.) diameter

Sale room notice

Please note the date should read circa 1855.

Lot Essay

See Amico, p. 194, fig. 174 for an example of a similar rustic basin, Tours, Musée des Beaux-Arts (922-601-1). Louvre, p. 35, fig. 29 for the same example and a note remarking the superb craftsmanship of Avisseau, 'd'une grand finesse d'exécution, à la polychromie harmonieuse, est un remarquable example de la virtuosité dont Charles-Jean Avisseau faisait preuve dans l'expression du style "rustique" qui fit sa renomeée'.

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