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
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.
H. Sauzay and H. Delange, Monographie de l'oevre de Bernard Palissy, Paris, 1862, pl. 25.
專家說明
Rainer Zeitz notes that only other jug of this type extant was an example formerly in the Alphonse de Rothschild Collection.
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