CIRCA 1792

细节

A pair of Sevres mythological blue and white biscuit rectangular plaques
Circa 1792
Each with slightly canted corners and decorated in white relief on a dipped light-blue ground, the first with Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, Amphitrite riding in her shell chariot borne by a Triton and drawn by dolphins, her Nereid attendants bearing gifts of pearls and coral, a winged putti suspending a canopy of billowing drapery above her and two winged putti with doves hovering in a cloud nearby; the second with La Toilette de Vénus, with Venus seated among clouds, playing with Cupid and attended by the Three Graces, one offering her doves, another selecting a jewel to adorn her hair from a shell held by a putti, another washing and perfuming her feet (slight shallow chipping to sides of plaques), in modern wood frames
Approximately 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high x 11½ in. (29 cm.) wide (2)

注意事项

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

See Émile Bourgeois and Geo. Lechevallier-Chevignard, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, p. 51, no. 587 for an illustration of The Triumph of Amphitrite, and p. 55, no. 581 for The Toilet of Venus.

Plaques of this type were recorded as being sold by the shop at Sèvres from 1791. They were generally used for the ornamention of furnture or inclusion in the fabric of an interior, in the English manner, such as fire-surrounds or door-cases.