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A French faience chinoiserie table top panel, early 18th century, probably Rouen, Sinceny or de Guillibaud factory
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Pottery - faience
- approximately 58.5cm, 23in. x 44cm., 17 3/8 in.
plateau de table, exuberantly painted with a watery landscape, with mandarin figures strolling through a ménage of grassy islands joined by bridges, hosting a variety of foliage, mystical beasts, birds, insects and pagoda buildings, the moulded flaring integral frame painted with a formal foliate scroll border issuing fruit and flowers,
Condition
The panel has been broken into five pieces and well restored, and to the naked eye is in good appearance. The damage probably originated from a firing crack which extended. There is very minor areas of retouching along break-lines.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This rare and remarkable panel typifies the taste for Chinoiserie in early 18th century France. The size and form means it was always almost certainly destined to be mounted as a table top.
An important comparable is the faience table top that was in the Tumin collection, sold at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11th June 1936, no. 39. The design is almost identical though the present example has been further enriched with additional flora and fauna. A similar table top survives painted with a vignette of three chinoiserie figures in a fenced garden and is now in the Detroit Institute of Arts.i A faience ecritoire painted in this high-chinoiserie manner, attributed to the de Guillibaud manfuactury is in the Musée de la céramique, Rouen, acc. no. C 297.
[i] Previously in the collection of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna, it was gifted to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II in 1959, published in the Museum's bulletin, 1958-59, Vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 87-89. The bulletin makes reference to the table from the Tumin collection.
An important comparable is the faience table top that was in the Tumin collection, sold at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11th June 1936, no. 39. The design is almost identical though the present example has been further enriched with additional flora and fauna. A similar table top survives painted with a vignette of three chinoiserie figures in a fenced garden and is now in the Detroit Institute of Arts.i A faience ecritoire painted in this high-chinoiserie manner, attributed to the de Guillibaud manfuactury is in the Musée de la céramique, Rouen, acc. no. C 297.
[i] Previously in the collection of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, Vienna, it was gifted to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II in 1959, published in the Museum's bulletin, 1958-59, Vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 87-89. The bulletin makes reference to the table from the Tumin collection.