PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEO & DORIS HODROFF (LOTS 159-160)

A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A FOR 1753-1754, PAINTER'S MARK FOR XHROUET PERE, THE SAUCER INCISED 3

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A VINCENNES BLEU LAPIS CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'CALABRE' ET SA SOUCOUPE, 1^E^R^E GRANDEUR)
Blue interlaced L's enclosing date letter A for 1753-1754, painter's mark for Xhrouet pere, the saucer incised 3

The cup with slightly everted lip and harp handle, painted in camaîeu rose with putti in clouds reserved on the blue lapis ground within gilt shield-shaped cartouches issuing sprays of flowers, gilt dentil rims
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) high, the cup; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) diameter, the saucer (2)

来源

Mrs. John W. Cristner, Dallas, Texas; Christie's, New York, 30 November -1 December, 1979, lot 220.

拍品专文

The mark of a loosely drawn X with dots at the intersections has only recently been ascribed to Philippe Xhrouet père, active 1750-1775. Throughout his twenty-five year career at Sèvres, he turned his hands to all sorts of decoration - figures, flowers, patterns, birds and even landscapes. The variation of the mark as found on the present cup and saucer is that usually found on pieces with figure painting.