A PROSPER JOUNEAU PATE-SUR-PATE GREEN-GROUND CIRCULAR PLAQUE
A PROSPER JOUNEAU PATE-SUR-PATE GREEN-GROUND CIRCULAR PLAQUE

CIRCA 1882-1904, INCISED CONJOINED JP MONOGRAM MARK

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A PROSPER JOUNEAU PATE-SUR-PATE GREEN-GROUND CIRCULAR PLAQUE
CIRCA 1882-1904, INCISED CONJOINED JP MONOGRAM MARK
FINELY PAINTED AND HAND-TOOLED IN WHITE SLIP WITH THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL STEADYING HIS SPEAR AMONG GILT CLOUDS, THE DEFEATED SATAN UNDERFOOT
16½ IN. (41.8 CM.) DIAMETER, WITHIN A GILT-METAL FRAME

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SEE BERNARD BUMPUS, PâTE-SUR-PâTE, THE ART OF CERAMIC RELIEF DECORATION 1849-1992, ESSEX, 1992, P. 96-98 FOR A DISCUSSION OF THIS ARTIST'S WORK AND FOR A SIMILARLY SIGNED EXAMPLE OF THE CRUCIFIX. IN ADDITION, JOUNEAU WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE 1889 PARIS UNIVERSELLE EXPOSITION FOR A LARGE SAINT PORCHAIRE TYPE RELIQUARY, WHICH SUGGESTS HE FAVORED RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS. ALSO COMPARE ANON. SALE, CHRSITIE'S, NEW YORK, 26 OCTOBER 2004, LOT 124.

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