Saucer 1745 - 1760

This white Mennecy saucer features delicate sprigs of flowering branches, recurring motifs laden with meaning across cultures. These blossoms, symbols of renewal and transient beauty, remind us of the ancient Roman goddess Flora, whose festival celebrated the cyclical return of spring and the blossoming of life. Consider Botticelli's "Primavera," where Flora scatters flowers, embodying fertility and rebirth. The same visual language appears in East Asian art where cherry or plum blossoms symbolize the fleeting nature of life, and are invitations to contemplate the eternal cycle of seasons. This motif carries emotional weight, speaking to our shared human experience of hope and the ephemeral nature of existence, resurfacing through history.