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19th-C Reynard the Fox Oil-Painted Porcelain

Nineteenth-century European oil painting on a circular porcelain biscuit illustrating the following scene from Reynard the Fox, a medieval cycle of animal tales that satirized contemporary human society:

The Wolf at last to [Reynard] replied :
"Reynard, it matters not to chide;
We must decide by a single fight
Which of us Two is wrong, or right.
You talk about the monkey's nest,
Pretending that by hunger press'd,
By you I kindly was reliev'd.
A bone was all that I receiv'd,
From which the meat was all gnaw'd off.
You only say this for a scoff…"

The tales, which revolve around the wily Reynard, were popular in Holland, Germany, and especially France. The painting includes an ornate gilded-wood frame; illegible handwriting is visible on the verso.
Dimensions: 12" diameter; image, 6 7/8" diameter
Condition: On painting, light surface scratches invisible at a normal viewing angle; on frame, some chipping, cracking, and loss.

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