22nd Nov, 2023 11:00
European Works of Art
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A VINCENNES SUGAR BOWL, CIRCA 1752
'pot à sucre à la Reine', tapering circular with slightly everted foot rim, the underglaze cobalt blue ground with random gilt linear speckles imitating lapis lazuli reserving two shaped panels each gilded with a bird amidst foliage within a foliate scroll border, gilt dentil rims, blue interlaced Ls mark, 11cm diameter
See another with similarly everted foot rim but also with cover, sold Christie’s, Paris, 17 November 2011, lot 106
Sold for £1,200
'pot à sucre à la Reine', tapering circular with slightly everted foot rim, the underglaze cobalt blue ground with random gilt linear speckles imitating lapis lazuli reserving two shaped panels each gilded with a bird amidst foliage within a foliate scroll border, gilt dentil rims, blue interlaced Ls mark, 11cm diameter
See another with similarly everted foot rim but also with cover, sold Christie’s, Paris, 17 November 2011, lot 106
Auction: European Works of Art, 22nd Nov, 2023
