MOUSTIERS - Lot 289

MOUSTIERS Covered wall fountain with contoured rim, its oval basin resting on four feet in the form of reclining lions and its earthenware console, with polychrome decoration of mythological medallions representing Bacchus and Ariadne on the basin and Amphitrite's triumph on the fountain in a Rocaille frame, the side grips and spout in the form of a satyr's head. Manufacture d'Olérys. 18th century. H. 39.5 cm L. basin 51 cm Set on a wooden stand H. 72 cm AJC Chips. Provenance: Former Ch. Roubaud collection. Label on reverse: Musée Bernard d'Agesci. Niort Exhibition Faïences from Oct. 3 to Nov. 15, 2009 n° 263 and 262 and Donjon, Niort Ceramics exhibition Summer 2010 Bibliography: Reproduced in C. Damiron's La faïence artistique de Moustiers Pl 396, Bourdet collection. Provenance: Auction Marseille June 1921 or 1931 Lot 22. Exhibited at the Lyon retrospective exhibition in 1877, no. 1337. Purchased by Charles Roubaud in 1938. B. de Rességuier. Ovide en Provence. Mythological decorations on Provencal earthenware in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 2015 Page 142. Provenance: F. and P. Deguingand earthenware collection