Live Auction 16424Property from the Estate of Eugene V. Thaw
A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TANKARD
Lot 365

A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TANKARD

LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY

Closed30 October 2018

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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TANKARD
LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Molded with Orpheus flanked by a stag and a lion in a floral rinceau, the thumb-rest modeled as a ram's head, cover lacking
7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high

Andrew Fountaine Collection, Narford Hall, Norfolk; Christie's, London, 16-19 June 1884, lot 105 (sold to "Lowengard").
Acquired from Rainer Zietz Ltd., London, inventory no. SB251.

Specialist note

Rainer Zeitz notes that only other jug of this type extant was an example formerly in the Alphonse de Rothschild Collection.