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802 - Faïencerie de Niderviller
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Faïencerie de Niderviller An important pair of Niderviller faience allegorical figures of the rivers Rhine and Moselle Depicting two river gods leaning against rocks, pouring water from large urns. The circular rocky bases adorned with almost fully sculptural reeds. A young woman representing the Moselle and an old man representing the Rhine, both with finely painted flesh and striped drapery. Unmarked. Minor breakages to the reeds. Height 28 and 28.8 cm. C. 1770 - 80. Provenance Périllier Collection. From the estate of the descendants. Exhibitions On permanent display at the Musée de l’Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, probably from 1905 onwards. Literature Another identical pair of figures, formerly in the Gilbert Lévy Collection, illustrated under Niderviller in Répertoire de la faïence française, vol. III, Paris 1933, figs. C and D.
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