Plates
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1750
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience)
Dimensions.1: 1 1/8 × 9 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (2.86 × 25.08 × 25.08 cm)
.2: 15/16 × 10 × 10 inches (2.38 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
.2: 15/16 × 10 × 10 inches (2.38 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Charles T. and Marion Thompson Fund
Object number2024.3.3.1,2
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DescriptionPair of plates with scalloped rim, green highlighted with manganese grotesque decoration depicting hunters, monkeys, satyrs, birds, and insects. The sides are decorated with rocks and floral branches.ProvenancePurchased from Camille Leprince from Voltaire Antiquities Vandermeersch SA, Paris, 2009 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].
[1] These plates were 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. 677, but failed to sell.
Christopher
Pèrles. French Faïence: The Sidney R. Knafel Collection (Paris: Éditions Mare
et Martin, 2016,): cat. 111, pp. 258-259
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