Lot 57
57
Property from A FAMILY COLLECTION
A FRENCH MOULDED EARTHENWARE DISH

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A FRENCH MOULDED EARTHENWARE DISH
AVON, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF BERNARD PALISSY

Of oval form, painted in shades of green, blue, mustard and manganese, moulded with The Baptism of Christ after ???, the sides moulded with rope-twist 'flutes', the underside spashed in blue and manganese (minor abraisions to surface and nicks to edge)--11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Several examples of the present model based on ???'s engraving after ??? of the Baptism of Christ in 15?? are known. A virtually identical version was sold at Sotheby's London, October 17, 1988, lot 288. A similar example with a variant border was sold at Christie's London, June 28, 1993, lot 151. Cf. M.-J. Ballot, La Céramique Française, Musée du Louvre, pl. 43