"Poseidon" cache-pot in round earthenware, with exterior polychrome decoration of Poseidon in a cartouche surmounted by a knot on a white background in reserve of marine grotesques in the style of the Italian Renaissance (urbino), with polychrome interior decoration of foliage, leafy handles, resting on four small snail feet. Sign. Gien, blue stamp 1871-1875.Top.
17 cm, dia.
27 cm.+/-Bibliography: decorations reproduced on page 57, and form reproduced on page 76 in: Jean-Claude Renard, "la faience de gien", leeward, .
L: 27 W: 27 H: 17
"Poseidon" cache-pot in round earthenware, with exterior polychrome decoration of Poseidon in a cartouche surmounted by a knot on a white background in reserve of marine grotesques in the style of the Italian Renaissance (urbino), with polychrome interior decoration of foliage, leafy handles, resting on four small snail feet. Sign. Gien, blue stamp 1871-1875.Top.
17 cm, dia.
27 cm.+/-Bibliography: decorations reproduced on page 57, and form reproduced on page 76 in: Jean-Claude Renard, "la faience de gien", leeward, .
L: 27 W: 27 H: 17