A LOUIS XV SPA GRISAILLE CASKET
A LOUIS XV SPA GRISAILLE CASKET

CIRCA 1750, IN THE STYLE OF PHILIPS WOUWERMAN (CIRCA 1619-1668)

细节
A LOUIS XV SPA GRISAILLE CASKET
Circa 1750, in the style of Philips Wouwerman (circa 1619-1668)
Of waved rectangular form, painted overall en grisaille with a courtly couple returning on horseback from a day's hawking, a pair of peasants by the side of the road, in an extensive picturesque landscape, the hinged top enclosing a red-painted interior
3.1/8in. (7.5cm.) high, 5in. (14cm.) wide

拍品专文

A spa toilet-box with very similar decoration from the BASF Lacquer Museum, Cologne, was exhibited in Oriental and European Lacquer from the BASF Lacquer Museum, Cologne, London, 1977, p. 121, no. 199.