Tray
CultureFrench
Date1710-1720
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience)
DimensionsOverall: 1 15/16 × 11 7/8 × 17 3/4 inches (4.92 × 30.16 × 45.09 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Charles T. and Marion Thompson Fund
Object number2024.3.2
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DescriptionA two-handled octagonal tray (bannette) painted in shades of blue and iron red with rocaille scrolls, shells, and lappets, the center with loops of tassels and shells issuing from a diaper-pattern bone-shaped cartouche.ProvenanceWith P. Metais, Rouen;
Anonymous sale, Drouot, Paris, 8 November 1978, no. 59;
Purchased from Galerie Verneuil-Bac (Jean-Gabriel Peyre and Jean-Claude Sieberth), Paris, 1999 by Sidney R. Knafel, New York;
His unrestricted bequest to The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 2021;
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2 February 2024 [1].
NOTES:
[1] This tray was offered for sale by The Detroit Institute of Arts at Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints / English & Continental Decorative Arts, Doyle Auctions, New York, 25 January 2024, no. 673, but failed to sell.
Christopher
Pèrles. French Faïence: The Sidney R. Knafel Collection (Paris: Éditions Mare
et Martin, 2016): cat. 54, pp. 136-137.
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