VINCENNES Lot n° 12

Covered sugar pot with revolving polychrome decoration of lake landscapes and architectures animated by figures on horseback in the Meissen style. Meissen style, with iron-red ground fillets around the edges. The handle of the lid is in the shape of a fruit in relief. 18th century. Circa 1745-1748. Height: 9.5 cm - Diameter: 11 cm The architectural motif showing a vase resting on a large pyramidal element is probably inspired by a composition by the painter Jacques de LAJOÜE, La famille de l'artiste (1737, Paris, Musée du Louvre). Related work : An ointment jar in the Belvédère collections is decorated in exactly the same way, J. GWILT, Vincennes and Early Sevres Porcelain: From the Belvedere Collection, 2014, reproduced pp. 86-87.