About the Artwork
Wall Sconce with Mask Representing the Sun
ca. 1725
Poterat Manufactory
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French
Unknown
Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
Overall: 13 1/2 × 10 × 2 inches (34.3 × 25.4 × 5.1 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Sidney R. Knafel
2022.330.2
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
probably Collection Covo, according to Louis Lefebvre. (Lefebvre et Fils, Paris, France)
2012-2021, purchased by Sidney R. Knafel [1930-2021] (New York, New York, USA)
2022-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Perlès, Christophe. French Faïence: The Sidney R. Knafel Collection. France, 2016, cat. no. 65.
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Poterat Manufactory, Wall Sconce with Mask Representing the Sun, ca. 1725, Faience (tin-glazed earthenware). Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Sidney R. Knafel, 2022.330.2.
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