A SEVRES PORCELAIN SHAPED OVAL DISH FROM THE 'ROHAN' SERVICE (COMPOTIER OVALE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER S FOR 1771 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR ALONCLE, INCISED 47

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN SHAPED OVAL DISH FROM THE 'ROHAN' SERVICE (COMPOTIER OVALE)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter S for 1771 and painter's mark for Aloncle, incised 47
Painted with birds on branches in a landscape and reserved on the turquoise ground within a gilt ciselé surround of oak leaves and acorns, the lower portion as the roots of an oak tree, gilt line rim
10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) wide

Provenance

The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection; Christie's, New York, 21 March 1991, lot 276.

Exhibited

Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1956, no. 490-B (as from the original service).

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Lot Essay

See notes to the previous lot.

See also Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French Porcelain on the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2009, cat. no. 141, pp. 581-582 for two bottle coolers of 1760 painted with birds by Aloncle in a similar style and palette to those on the present dish.

François Aloncle is recorded at Sèvres as a painter specializing in birds, 1758-1781.

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