Paris, Empire Period, Restoration - Openwork Basket Or Bowl - Decorated With Winged Lions

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Openwork basket or bowl
Glazed or bisque hard porcelain
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Paris, early 19th century

Superb turnip-shaped table basket resting on four claw feet, the frieze base decorated with palmettes and a bull in the centre. The upper part has two rows of openwork and is supported by two finely detailed winged lions. Very fine alternating work between the matt finish of the biscuit and the gloss of the glaze. This work can be attributed to the Darte Frères factory, a similar model of which will shortly be on sale.

Hard porcelain in Paris in the early 19th century
Unlike earthenware factories, porcelain factories flourished under the Empire, particularly in Paris. The period 1800-1820 can be considered the golden age of porcelain in Paris. There were nineteen porcelain factories in Paris in 1800, but only seven were founded under the Ancien Régime: Dihl et Guérard, Houzel, Lemaire et Josse, Pouyat et Russinger, Schoelcher, Despréz et Nast.
In contrast to the last twenty years of the 18th century, which saw a shift from rocaille to antique simplicity, the first thirty years of the 19th century saw the opposite, moving from antique sobriety to rococo. 

Condition report: excellent