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CIRCA 1720
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A Castelli oval two-handled tureen and cover
Circa 1720
The tureen with foliage scroll handles and painted with a continuous scene between brown and ochre line borders, one side with Neptune embracing his wife Amphitrite pointing to fruit held by a Nereid, the other side with a satyr embracing a nymph, she pouring wine for a putto and attended by winged putti with flowers, fruit and wine-ewers, on a spreading moulded oval foot, the shallow domed cover with garlands of flowers strewn by four winged putti about a knop finial (tureen broken through, repaired and riveted, cover with minor slight chipping to underside of rim and small chip to finial)
13 in. (33 cm.) wide
Circa 1720
The tureen with foliage scroll handles and painted with a continuous scene between brown and ochre line borders, one side with Neptune embracing his wife Amphitrite pointing to fruit held by a Nereid, the other side with a satyr embracing a nymph, she pouring wine for a putto and attended by winged putti with flowers, fruit and wine-ewers, on a spreading moulded oval foot, the shallow domed cover with garlands of flowers strewn by four winged putti about a knop finial (tureen broken through, repaired and riveted, cover with minor slight chipping to underside of rim and small chip to finial)
13 in. (33 cm.) wide