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NEVERS FAIENCE AIGUIERE FROM THE LATE 17th CENTURY
Baluster-…
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NEVERS FAIENCE AIGUIERE FROM THE LATE 17th CENTURY
Baluster-…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
NEVERS FAIENCE AIGUIERE FROM THE LATE 17th CENTURY
Baluster-shaped, resting on a pedestal, with a shell-applied poly-lobed neck and a twisted handle, decorated in blue and manganese with Chinese figures in a rotating landscape; the pedestal has been restored, the neck has been restored, and there are chips.
H. 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Provenance :
Bachelier Collection (1862-1947),
then by descent ;
Galerie Weinberg, Paris, 34 rue de Provence.
Bibliography:
Leprince and Wolvesperges, La faïence baroque française et les jardins de Le Nôtre, Paris, 2014, pp. 270-271, no. 57 ;
J. Rosen, La faïence de Nevers 1585-1900, T.2, L'Age d'or du XVIIe siècle, Dijon, 2009, p. 347, fig. 616 ;
Dossier de l'art, n° 30, June-July 1996, p.27.
A Nevers faience ewer, late 17th century
For another late 16th-early 17th century Faenza model in the collections of the Musée national de la Céramique de Sèvres, the shape of which certainly inspired this piece, see the Musée national de Sèvres exhibition catalogue, La Faïence européenne au XVIIe siècle, Paris, 2003, pp.24 and 70, no.3.
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About the sale
Furniture and Works of Art - Sale of the day (Lot 171-Fin)
Auction location
Auction time
06/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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