Childish Bacchanal - Biscuit Tulip Tree Centerpiece, 1890

Charming and picturesque Centerpiece forming a Tulip Tree in Biscuit porcelain with a cheerful mythological subject of a Child's Bacchanal. Molded oval base decorated on its edge with a frieze of posts in fine relief. Beautiful French porcelain work from the last third of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century. Circa 1890. -------------- Charm and decorative fantasy: Particularly decorative, this original Centerpiece in biscuit porcelain forming a Tulip Tree cheerfully depicts a mythological subject often invited into the Arts of the Table for its both playful and festive scope: a Bacchanal. Evolving on a leafy terrace dotted with a myriad of flowers, a sculptural group of charming toddlers with plump shapes evokes, in a childlike mischievous way, the divine Procession of Bacchus - the divinity presiding over all Agapes. This one is led by a little boy whose willful attitude contrasts pleasantly with the playful gestures of his companions guiding or pretending to hold back the smiling and impetuous little Bacchus nimbly perched on a slightly recalcitrant Goat with a collar enclosed in a harness all fashioned with coquettish spring flowers. Judiciously choreographed under its cheerful finery, this Convoy of a charming fantasy is camped under a picturesque Arbor whose structure evokes cut and assembled Bamboo reeds. Crossed by vine branches, hollyhocks, its four hollowed-out, tubular uprights act as a Tulip Box. Children, steed, trellis take place on a sober oval base decorated on its molded edge with a fine frieze of posts. Very fresh, this attractive porcelain piece with a double vocation - Table Centerpiece / Tulip Pot - will seduce with its composition where the joviality of the subject delights in the alacrity of the shapes, where the petulance mixes with the charm of the decorative graces. Cut flowers with lively carnations will certainly invite it to festive tables Materials: Porcelain biscuit Dimensions: H.: 26.5 cm; -L.: 35 cm; -Pr.: 17 cm. Porcelain work from the last third of the 19th century - Very good general condition. tiny chips and losses.