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A GERMAN FAYENCE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Lot 187

A GERMAN FAYENCE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

LATE 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRANKFURT

Closed16 December 2021

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GBP 22,500

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A GERMAN FAYENCE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
LATE 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRANKFURT
Painted in purpurmalerei with Lot and his daughters seated before drapery in a landscape with Sgraffito shrubs, with another figure in the background, possibly Lot's wife turning to look back at the burning city of Sodom
8 5⁄8 in. (22 cm.) high; 6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) wide

Caillot Collection (according to the paper label applied to the reverse).

Specialist note


An Enghalskrug with similar purpurmalerei decoration, possibly by the same hand, is illustrated by Margrit Bauer, Europäische Fayencen, Frankfurt, 1977, p. 84, no. 113, col. pl. 96.