A grisaille painted enamel cover

A grisaille painted enamel cover
Fight between Horsemen
Workshop of Jean III Pénicaud
Limoges, second half of 16th century

Enamel painted in grisaille on copper, with gold and flesh-tone highlights.
The gilt-metal finial representing an armillary sphere.

Provenance:
Simon Wolf Josephus Jitta Collection , Amsterdam, its sale: Amsterdam, Frederick Muller & Co, "Antiquités & objets d'art catalogue de la collection très importante formée par feu M. S.W. Josephus Jitta d’Amsterdam", 9 Nov. 1897, lot 133; Alexandre Rosenberg Collection, its sale, Paris, 12-13 June 1924, lot 24 (since that period the cover was associated with a non-matching cup by Couly Nouailher), sold to Mr Collet; Private Collection, its sale: Aguttes, Paris, 11 Dec. 2013, lot 127; European Private Collection, its sale: Sotheby’s Paris, 15 Nov. 2023, lot 11.