Lot 1012 D α

A pair of French faience lions

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 8.000 € - 9.000 €

A pair of French faience lions

Recumbent lions with anthropomorphic features. Unmarked H 36 - 37 cm, L of plinth ca. 44, D 20.5 cm.
Attributed to Lunéville, late 18th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Rome.

Literature

Cf. the lion in the Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, inv. no. HM.2002-137.

Blue lions were also produced in Northern France (s. Castier/Bouttemy, Catalogue des Céramiques du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, 2008, C2143).