A SEVRES (REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAIS) PORCELAIN BRIGHT-BLUE GROUND PRESENTATION 'COUPE CYBELE' AWARDED AT THE 1878 PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION

GREEN LOZENGE AND IRON-RED STENCILED RF DORE MARKS FOR 1879, INCISED POTTERS MARK FOR (18)78, DESIGNED BY ALEXANDRE-PAUL AVISSE, LIKELY DECORATED BY J.C.G. DERICHSWEILER

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A SEVRES (REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAIS) PORCELAIN BRIGHT-BLUE GROUND PRESENTATION 'COUPE CYBELE' AWARDED AT THE 1878 PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION
GREEN LOZENGE AND IRON-RED STENCILED RF DORE MARKS FOR 1879, INCISED POTTERS MARK FOR (18)78, DESIGNED BY ALEXANDRE-PAUL AVISSE, LIKELY DECORATED BY J.C.G. DERICHSWEILER
The interior with central raised portrait medallion of the goddess Cybele within Berainesque scrollwork reserved on the yellow ground, the rim with paneled border, the exterior with gilt agricultural medallions on a fruiting ribbon-entwined garland set with a cartouche inscribed 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE/PARIS-1878', supported by four strapwork brackets and a filleted baluster knop, raised on a stepped circular base inscribed 'PARIS', 'EXPOSITION', 'SÈVRES' and '1878'
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high; 14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

According to the archival record at the Manufacture de Sèvres, this type of coupe was offered as the agricultural prize for the 1878 concourse. The central portrait of Cybele, a goddess of the earth and the harvest, is particularly fitting. For nearly identical examples see Christie's, Paris, 2 July 2008, lot 448 and The Great Exhibitions Sale, Sotheby's, London, 31 October 2006, lot 587. Also compare the sale de Maître Tajan, Paris, 14 December, 2005, lot 125.

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