An octagonal mirror decorated on one side with a polychrome - Lot 59

An octagonal mirror decorated on one side with a polychrome enamel plaque featuring gold leaf and gold highlights, depicting Jason and Hypsipyle in a medallion; the reverse side is unpainted. Set in a landscape by a river with a city in the background, Jason embraces Queen Hypsipyle, who leans on a shield with her left hand; surrounded by large-petaled flowers and birds on a black background; rear opening in engraved copper with faint traces of gilding, decorated with vases of flowers on a background of foliage surmounted by a cherub’s head; chiseled and gilded bronze mount with pendant. Limoges, attributed to François I Limosin (active between 1582 and 1615), first third of the 17th century Visible enamel: H. 7.8 cm - W. 5.6 cm Total height with loop and pendant: 12.7 cm - Total width: 7.2 cm (mirror missing) Exhibition: - Limoges 2022, Impertinente. The Enamel & Metal Encounter, Galerie des Hospices, pp. 108–109 A plaque with the same design, formerly part of the Debruge-Duménil and then Charles Sauvageot collections, is held at the Louvre Museum (inv. OA 989), and an identical mirror from the Hôtel Lambert collection was sold by Sotheby’s in Paris on October 12, 2022, lot 144. Reference: - S. Baratte, Les Émaux peints de Limoges, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2000, p. 379.