MONTPELLIER - Lot 15

MONTPELLIER Large oval earthenware dish decorated in blue monochrome in the Berain style, depicting in the center a scene of Bacchic allegory with three figures seated around a round table: in the center, a figure holds a raised cup surrounded on either side by a half-naked female figure draped in a cloth below the waist holding a glass in her right hand, the other resting on a ewer, and a man, his head crowned with foliage (Bacchus?) holding a raised glass. Above them, suspended from a leafy trellis arch, a medallion decorated with a waterscape scene with a swan; in a surround composed of scrolls, foliage, pampers, masks, satyrs, birds, monkeys, snails, ewer, bottle, flowering vases, perfume burner and draperies. The wing is adorned with a coat of arms (unidentified) supported by a satyr and surrounded by a rich décor of squares, flowering vases, foliage, garlands and palmettes. Fillet and arched frieze on the rim. 18th century L : 49cm Accident, staples on reverse. A dish with an identical central scene sold at May & associés in Roubaix June 22, 2015 lot 8.