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Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection, 1800–1850
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Tray from a Tea Service Depicting Benvenuto Cellini
Sèvres factory, France, 1840
Hard-paste porcelain; 18 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (46.5 x 37 cm)
Decoration signed by Louis-Bertin Parant
Twinight Collection
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This rectangular plaque was produced as a tray for a tea service in which all the components were decorated with references to the celebrated Italian Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571). The tray depicts a fictitious meeting between Cellini and the French monarch Francis I, to whom the sculptor presents a gilded ewer and basin. The gradations of color and the luminous highlights of the painting perfectly capture the cameo carver's art, and this tray represents one of the largest and most ambitious pieces of porcelain decorated in this style.
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