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Château d'Artigny
92, rue de Monts
37250 Montbazon
Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 2 pm
Monday, June 5, 2023 at 2 pm
Once a year, the Rouillac Auction House organizes one of France's most prestigious art market events in a Loire Valley Castle.
This year's 35th Garden Party Auction will be held at Château d’Artigny, near Tours
from Friday, June 2 to Monday, June 5, 2023.
The public exhibition and subsequent auction are held in the Château and its surrounding park with the help of the staff of this wonderful 5 stars hotel and restaurant.
Exhibition of curated works
May 23 to 25, 2023
169, boulevard Haussmann Paris VIIIe.
By appointment only at +33 (0)1 45 44 34 34.
Public Exhibitions at Château d'Artigny
Friday, June 2 - 3 to 6 pm
Saturday, June 3 - 9 am to 5pm
Sunday, June 4 - 9 to 11 am
CONTACT
Email: rouillac@rouillac.com
Tel.: +33 (0)2 54 80 24 24
BUYER'S PREMIUM: 24% all inclusive
Lot 142
Ulysse Besnard à Blois (Français, 1826-1899)
Exceptionnelle et grande urne à la Salamandre couronnée, 1888
en faïence composée de quatre parties assemblées entre elles. Riche décor polychrome sur fond bleu de rinceaux, volutes affrontées, frises feuillagées et deux cartouches aux cuirs enroulés ornés aux centres d'une salamandre couronnée pour François Ier et du cygne navré pour Claude de France.
Signée et datée 1888.
Haut. 110 cm.
Provenance: collection Jean Angibault, Villiers-sur-Loir.
An 1888 exceptional majolica urn by Ulysse Besnard decorated with a crowned salamander and a pierced swan, emblems of King Francois I and his wife Claude. Signed and dated.
Bibliographie: Jean Angibault, Faïence de Blois 1861-1953, Audascribe, 2016, oeuvre reproduite p. 42.
Sold: 4 800 €
