Lot 27: LEONARD LIMOSIN (CIRCA 1505-1575/1577), 1536 TAZZA LID WITH SCENES DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF THE LAPITHS AND CENTAURS 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter

LEONARD LIMOSIN (CIRCA 1505-1575/1577), 1536
TAZZA LID WITH SCENES DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF THE LAPITHS AND CENTAURS
Polychrome enamel on copper; the top with a continuous scene of the Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs and inscribed around the rim 'HOSTIBVS EVENIANT COVIVIA TALIA NOSTRI'; signed and dated 'LEONARDVS/ LEMOVICVS/ INVETOR. 1536'; the underside of the lid with two banquet scenes, one depicting a meeting of Charles V and Francois I, and a priest spilling wine on an altar, one of the banquet scenes with the inscription in gilt lettering 'CONCILIAT DIVOS FELICIT AMICITI'; with paper label inscribed 'H. 44.'
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter

Collection Mme de La Sayette, Poitiers, sold 24-25 April 1860, no. 153, together with lot 28 (11,200 francs).
Collection Benjamin-Eugène Norzy, Paris, sold 12-13 February 1864, together with lot 28 (10,650 francs).
Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), and by descent to
Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), recorded at the Hôtel de Marigny, Paris, in 1912, and by descent to the present owner.