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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RICHARD D. BASS
A LARGE FRENCH FAIENCE (EUGENE COLLINOT) COBALT-BLUE GROUND JARDINIERE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED E.C., CRESCENT MOON AND SUNBURST MARKS, BLACK PAINTED E.C. AND SHAPE NO. 3595
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A LARGE FRENCH FAIENCE (EUGENE COLLINOT) COBALT-BLUE GROUND JARDINIERE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED E.C., CRESCENT MOON AND SUNBURST MARKS, BLACK PAINTED E.C. AND SHAPE NO. 3595
In the Aesthetic taste, brightly enameled with birds, insects and butterflies among flowering branches, flanked by lion-mask handles
29 in. (74 cm.) wide, overall
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This lot is offered without reserve.
Lot Essay
Eugène Victor Collinot (d. 1882) established a faience pottery in Boulogne-sur-Seine in 1862, manufacturing pieces often in historic revival or Middle and Far Eastern styles.