A large Rouen faïence wine cistern and cover late 17th century

A large Rouen faïence wine cistern and cover late 17th century, modelled as a young Bacchus seated astride a barrel with a wine flask resting atop, and clutching a goblet to his chest, decorated with branches of fruiting vine, the barrel set with a metal tap, the top of his head lifting as a cover, the cover a replacement, 59cm. (2)

Cf. Hetjens-Museum, Deutsches Keramikmuseum, p.202, fig.25 for a similar example in the collection.