Live Auction 2350500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, Including Oriental Carpets
A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE ORANGE TUB (CAISSES CARREES, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
Lot 587

A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE ORANGE TUB (CAISSES CARREES, 1ERE GRANDEUR)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER L FOR 1764, PROBABLY PAINTED BY ARMAND L'AINE

Closed22 October 2010

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE ORANGE TUB (CAISSES CARREES, 1ERE GRANDEUR)
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER L FOR 1764, PROBABLY PAINTED BY ARMAND L'AINE
Painted with inverted pear-shaped panels of exotic birds, reserved within foliate scrolls issuing flowers, the underside pierced
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 December 1978, lot 112.
With Winifred Williams.

Specialist note

Louis-Denis Armand is recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres 1745-1788 as a painter of birds, animals, landscapes and figures. However, it is his finely executed bird painting for which he is primarily known. The lacy interlaced L's on the bottom of the tub and the quality of the painting support the attribution to this recently identified painter.