Large 18th century Niderviller earthenware... - Lot 341 - Thierry de Maigret

Lot 341
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1500 - 2500 EUR
Large 18th century Niderviller earthenware... - Lot 341 - Thierry de Maigret
Large 18th century Niderviller earthenware group. Representing three characters illustrating the history of Bélisaire on a high rectangular base with rocks, polychrome and gold decoration, the base in imitation of marble, the soldier and the staff restored, gritted. H: 30.5 cm This group was created by Paul-Louis Cyfflé from a drawing by Hubert- François Bourguignon Gravelot, to illustrate the book on Bélisaire by Jean-François Marmontel, published in 1767. It was a great success and was also produced by Toul and Lunéville. For a model in biscuit of Toul, see by Catherine Calame, Cyfflé, Orfèvre de l'argile, Lunéville, 2009, p. 172; and for another model in biscuit of Lunéville, see by A. Faÿ-Hallé, Faïences de Lorraine 1720-1840, Nancy, 1997, p. 88.
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