A pair of French faience lions
A pair of French faience lions
Recumbent lions with anthropomorphic features. Unmarked H 36 - 37 cm, L of plinth ca. 44, D 20.5 cm.
Attributed to Lunéville, late 18th C.
Provenance
Private collection, Rome.
Literature
Cf. the lion in the Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, inv. no. HM.2002-137.
Blue lions were also produced in Northern France (s. Castier/Bouttemy, Catalogue des Céramiques du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 2008, C2143).
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A pair of French faience lions
Recumbent lions with anthropomorphic features. Unmarked H 36 - 37 cm, L of plinth ca. 44, D 20.5 cm.
Attributed to Lunéville, late 18th C.
Provenance
Private collection, Rome.
Literature
Cf. the lion in the Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, inv. no. HM.2002-137.
Blue lions were also produced in Northern France (s. Castier/Bouttemy, Catalogue des Céramiques du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 2008, C2143).
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