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A SEVRES FRISES RICHES POMMADE POT, COVER AND STAND (TASSE A TOILETTE, SA COUVERCLE ET SOUCOUPE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER L FOR 1764, PAINTER'S MARK FOR MÉREAUD, THE CUP INCISED 3 AND OO, THE SAUCER INCISED 3

細節

A SEVRES FRISES RICHES POMMADE POT, COVER AND STAND (TASSE A TOILETTE, SA COUVERCLE ET SOUCOUPE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter L for 1764, painter's mark for Méreaud, the cup incised 3 and oo, the saucer incised 3
Richly painted with frises riches of alternate blue and carmine shells linked by laurel branches and reserved on a carmine-seeded ground edged in gilt and carmine and suspending flower garlands, the finial as a yellow ranunculus
3¾ in. (9.6cm.) wide overall, the cup; 5in. (12.7cm.) diam., the saucer (3)

來源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 May 2003, lot 150

拍品專文

The mark of Charles-Louis Mèreaud le jeune, recorded at Sèvres 1756-1780 as a painter of flowers and patterns, is often found on frises riches decoration incorporating shells, fronds, and a seeded ground. For another example of the same form, see The Estates of David M. Daniels and Stevan Beck Baloga, Christie's New York, 18 October, 2002, lot 419.