The highlight of a dedicated ceramics sale held at Drouot by Fraysse (22.17% buyer’s premium) was this large 16 x 22in (41 x 56cm) early French, Moustiers, faience basin made at the Clerissy factory.
Extracted from Antiques Trade Gazette | ATG Reporter
Dating from c.1700, it features moulded lion mask handles, formal lambrequin decoration to the exterior and an interior scene of a bear hunt after elements of engravings by the Florentine artist Antonio Tempesta.
An €9000-12,000 estimate was overturned as the bidding rose to €31,000 (£26,725) at the sale on April 10.