A Sèvres porcelain plate with a cameo portrai ...
A Sèvres porcelain plate with a cameo portrait of Aeneas
Model "assiette plate". The well painted with a faux-cameo portrait of the Trojan hero in a plumed helmet surrounded by an anthemion border, inscribed to one side "ÉNÉE". The border decorated with Neoclassical foliage and scrolls. Grey stamped mark with conjoined double L (worn), gold painter's mark Di, the rim marked M 27, Jv 23, indistinct incised marks. D 23.6 cm.
1823.
** Provenance
William Cowper Prime, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
Sotheby's New York, 20th May 2010, lot 1.
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A Sèvres porcelain plate with a cameo portrait of Aeneas
Model "assiette plate". The well painted with a faux-cameo portrait of the Trojan hero in a plumed helmet surrounded by an anthemion border, inscribed to one side "ÉNÉE". The border decorated with Neoclassical foliage and scrolls. Grey stamped mark with conjoined double L (worn), gold painter's mark Di, the rim marked M 27, Jv 23, indistinct incised marks. D 23.6 cm.
1823.
** Provenance
William Cowper Prime, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
Sotheby's New York, 20th May 2010, lot 1.
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