Briot's Terracotta Temperance Dish

Large dish with terracotta decoration called "Temperance". It presents at the navel an allegory of Temperance surrounded by four cartouches with the allegories of Air, Fire, Water and Earth. On the wing, eight cartouches represent those of Minerva and the Liberal Arts (Astrology, Grammar, Dialectic, Rhetoric, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry). Friezes alternate with mascarons, symbols of flora and fauna. On the reverse an old label mentioning Very good condition Double openwork on the upper part allowing hanging Partial label on the reverse: "Previously Mr. Lambert had molded this plateay of which we make the terracotta copies that some families of Rouen have (article by Mr. Darcel)". Diameter: 41.5 cm