A RARE EUROPEAN SUBJECT TUREEN, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1770

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A RARE EUROPEAN SUBJECT TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1770
Of oval bombé form, decorated with alternating panels of grisaille-haired putti either standing in blue loincloths or cavorting in the nude below an iron-red and gilt coronet, some of these nude putti with thoughtfully placed rose garlands, flanked by iron-red and salmon upright shell-handles
15 1/8 in. (38.3 cm.) wide, the stand (3)

Literature

D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 116-7, pl. 114

Lot Essay

A covered jug with this uncommon decoration is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 321, pl. 13.102 where it is cited as circa 1745, but the forms of other items in this service appear to be later in date. See anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 23-24 June 1983, lot 1056 for a 58 piece service in this pattern, including a tureen. For other examples also compare anon. sales, Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 1992, lot 132 and 25 January 1989, lot 260.

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