Montpellier Faience – Large Oval Platter

Very large Montpellier faience platter decorated with arabesques in the style of Jean Bérain. At the center, two putti support a capital surrounded by foliate and floral scrollwork, fantastic animals, jesters, and cherub heads. The rim is adorned with ornamental ironwork motifs.

Attributed to the painter Antoine Dupré of the J. Ollivier Royal Manufactory.

Montpellier, first half of the 18th century.

Width: 60.5 cm.

Reference: Gérard Lartigue, lecture at the Association pour l’Étude de la Céramique, November 2006, a study of decorations described as “dreamlike.”