AN ELABORATE ISLAMIC-STYLE POLYCHROME-PAINTED FRENCH FAIENCE POTTERY BOWL
J. Vieillard & Cie, Bordeaux, France, second half 19th century

Of compressed globular shape, resting on a flattened convex base, with sloping shoulders and a wide cylindrical rim, the exterior painted in bright overglaze polychrome enamels including cobalt blue, turquoise, red, yellow, green, dust pink and white, outlined in black similarly to Islamic cuerda seca pottery creations, the overall design and decorative vocabulary of the bowl an ode to the 19th-century Islamic art revival in Europe, imitating Egyptian Mamluk and Persian Fars brass vessels of the 14th and 15th centuries, featuring heraldic fleur-de-lis emblems in yellow roundels intertwined with Arabic calligraphic and figural cartouches with wild animals running against red grounds livened with interlocking vegetal meanders, the interior plain, the base stamped with the maker's mark J. Vieillard & Cie from Bordeaux, in use from 1845 until 1895, and inventory and serial production marks 'B' and '8568'.

17.5cm diam. and 13cm high

For another similar example of Islamic-Style French faience pottery bowl, please see these Rooms, 28 October 2024, lot 231.