71 - MARSEILLE

MARSEILLE Exceptional sugar bowl with a lid resting on a matching base. The lid features a polychrome design of birds against a backdrop of rolling landscapes. The handle is shaped like flowers. The body is adorned with fruit and drapery set upon leafy mounds. Scrollwork and gold fillets adorn the rims. (Chip marks on the rim of the body, the tray, and the lid’s handle) 18th century Length: 29 cm Provenance: -Former Félix Abram collection. - *Anciennes Céramiques* by C. Perlés, Volume 16, p. 81. Bibliography: -Reproduced in *La Faïence et la porcelaine de Marseille* by Abbé Arnaud d’Agnel, plate 39, no. 10, published in Paris and Marseille by Lucien Laveur and Alex-Jouvéne in 1911.