TWO SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN TOPOGRAPHICAL PLATES

A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD MIRROR

CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY GENOA

Details

A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1750, POSSIBLY GENOA
The later divided plates surrounded by a profusely carved scrolling foliate frame
116 in. (295 cm.) high; 73 in. (186 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1998, lot 161.
John Hobbs; Phillips, New York, 22 October 2002, lot 16.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 October 2013, lot 567.

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Lot Essay

With its exuberant form, this mirror is characteristic of Genovese mirror production in the mid-18th century. A similar mirror in the Palazzo del Principe in Genoa is illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococo in Italia, Milan, 2003, p. 273.

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