Details
Each finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a scantily clad maiden, comprising:
A pale blue oval example with a maiden playing a lyre, 1334 in. (34.8 cm.) high, 914 in. (23.3 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame
A dark blue rectangular example with a maiden and love birds, 918 in. (32.1 cm.) high, 612 in. (16.4 cm.) wide, excluding the wooden frame
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Please note that this lot is now offered as TWO LIMOGES PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE PLAQUES
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Auguste Riffaterre is recorded at the École national, Limoges in the late 1880's. See Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte, The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, p. 88-89 and fig. 55 for another example of his work. Compare Christie's, New York, 20-21 April 2005, lot 144 for a nearly identical example to the present plaque with birds. Works by Riffaterre can also be found in the Adrien Dubouché National Museum, Limoges.

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