Description
ROUEN Earthenware helmet-shaped ewer resting on a pedestal, the base with gadroons in relief, the spout decorated with a mask of a bearded man in relief, the high handle ending in a crozier, decorated in blue monochrome with large lambrequins, foliate scrolls and flowers, simulated gadroons on the upper rim, the handle decorated with foliage, circles and fillets. Early 18th century, circa 1715-1725. H. 30 cm. Two chips at the foot. PROVENANCE Vandermeersch label. Former Boucheron collection, Sotheby's, Paris, June 18, 2008, lot 556.
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ROUEN Earthenware helmet-shaped ewer resting on a pedestal, the base with gadroons in relief, the spout decorated with a mask of a bearded man in relief, the high handle ending in a crozier, decorated in blue monochrome with large lambrequins, foliate scrolls and flowers, simulated gadroons on the upper rim, the handle decorated with foliage, circles and fillets. Early 18th century, circa 1715-1725. H. 30 cm. Two chips at the foot. PROVENANCE Vandermeersch label. Former Boucheron collection, Sotheby's, Paris, June 18, 2008, lot 556.
