Estate / Collection: French Faïence from the Estate of Sidney R. Knafel sold to benefit the Detroit Institute of Arts

Finely painted in shades of blue, ochre and green, the center with a courtesan walking beside her page holding a parasol above her, birds in flight flanking it above, a parrot on a rocky outcropping and a couple to the right, a dwarf blowing a horn at the lower left, the vari-lobed border with terraces of flowing plants grounded at the ochre and blue line rim and extending into the cavetto
17 1/8 in. (43.3 cm) long

Provenance:

Acquired from Galerie Verneuil-Bac (Jean-Gabriel Peyre and Jean-Claude Sieberth), Paris, 2002.
Sidney R. Knafel, New York, no. 49.

Notes:

Literature:
Christophe Perles, French Faience: The Sidney R. Knafel Collection, France, 2016, cat. no. 49.

Doyle is honored to auction French faïence from the Estate of Sidney R. Knafel sold to benefit the Detroit Institute of Arts. Over the course of fifty years, Mr. Knafel assembled the most important private collection of 16th through 18th century French faïence. The upcoming auction on January 25, 2024 features a special offering of exceptional examples from his storied collection. Each of the thirteen lots on offer is illustrated in the landmark 2016 reference book, French Faience: The Sidney R. Knafel Collection (Éditions Mare & Martin: Paris). Property from the Estate of Sidney R. Knafel comprises lots 669 through 681 in the sale.

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