51 - SCEAUX

SCEAUX A rare lidded pitcher with a polychrome decoration depicting a lively landscape featuring birds perched on fruit behind two squirrels playing on a branch. The background is adorned with trellises, a ladder, and a tub. The lid features birds and a latticework design crowned with the initials IMP. The lid handle is shaped like a plum. Carmine combing and blue fillets along the rims. (Chip on the upper rim of the body near the spout) 18th century Height: 24.7 cm Provenance: - Hôtel Drouot auction, June 13, 1963, Lot 48. - Céramiques anciennes C. Perlès, Volume 16, p. 91.