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A Pair of Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Figures of Children, 'La Petite Fille à la Cage' and 'Le Porteur
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A Pair of Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Figures of Children, 'La Petite Fille à la Cage' and 'Le Porteur d'Oiseaux', Circa 1760
modeled by Blondeau after Boucher, the young girl standing before a tree stump holding her left hand to her cheek, her right hand holding out her apron, the young boy leaning forward beside a large vintner's basket of grapes holding a bird in each hand, incised F marks.
Height 8 3/8 in.
21.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's, London, 27 November 1961, lot 23 (80 guineas);
Sir John Plumb F.B.A. Collection, no. 33;
Christie's New York, Vincennes & Sèvres Porcelain from a New England Collection, May 5, 1999, lot 4
Catalogue note
A pair of figures of these models is in the Langmead Collection illustrated in Rosalind Savill, Everyday Rococo, Madame de Pompadour & Sèvres Porcelain, Norwich 2021, Vol. 1, fig. 11.4. The figure of a girl can have a birdcage under her arm. The present figures are of the largest size and can be dated circa 1760, as the incised F found on both stands for Maurice-Etienne Falconet, director of the atelier de sculpture from 1757-1766.
modeled by Blondeau after Boucher, the young girl standing before a tree stump holding her left hand to her cheek, her right hand holding out her apron, the young boy leaning forward beside a large vintner's basket of grapes holding a bird in each hand, incised F marks.
Height 8 3/8 in.
21.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's, London, 27 November 1961, lot 23 (80 guineas);
Sir John Plumb F.B.A. Collection, no. 33;
Christie's New York, Vincennes & Sèvres Porcelain from a New England Collection, May 5, 1999, lot 4
Catalogue note
A pair of figures of these models is in the Langmead Collection illustrated in Rosalind Savill, Everyday Rococo, Madame de Pompadour & Sèvres Porcelain, Norwich 2021, Vol. 1, fig. 11.4. The figure of a girl can have a birdcage under her arm. The present figures are of the largest size and can be dated circa 1760, as the incised F found on both stands for Maurice-Etienne Falconet, director of the atelier de sculpture from 1757-1766.
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A Pair of Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Figures of Children, 'La Petite Fille à la Cage' and 'Le Porteur d'Oiseaux', Circa 1760
modeled by Blondeau after Boucher, the young girl standing before a tree stump holding her left hand to her cheek, her right hand holding out her apron, the young boy leaning forward beside a large vintner's basket of grapes holding a bird in each hand, incised F marks.
Height 8 3/8 in.
21.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's, London, 27 November 1961, lot 23 (80 guineas);
Sir John Plumb F.B.A. Collection, no. 33;
Christie's New York, Vincennes & Sèvres Porcelain from a New England Collection, May 5, 1999, lot 4
Catalogue note
A pair of figures of these models is in the Langmead Collection illustrated in Rosalind Savill, Everyday Rococo, Madame de Pompadour & Sèvres Porcelain, Norwich 2021, Vol. 1, fig. 11.4. The figure of a girl can have a birdcage under her arm. The present figures are of the largest size and can be dated circa 1760, as the incised F found on both stands for Maurice-Etienne Falconet, director of the atelier de sculpture from 1757-1766.
modeled by Blondeau after Boucher, the young girl standing before a tree stump holding her left hand to her cheek, her right hand holding out her apron, the young boy leaning forward beside a large vintner's basket of grapes holding a bird in each hand, incised F marks.
Height 8 3/8 in.
21.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's, London, 27 November 1961, lot 23 (80 guineas);
Sir John Plumb F.B.A. Collection, no. 33;
Christie's New York, Vincennes & Sèvres Porcelain from a New England Collection, May 5, 1999, lot 4
Catalogue note
A pair of figures of these models is in the Langmead Collection illustrated in Rosalind Savill, Everyday Rococo, Madame de Pompadour & Sèvres Porcelain, Norwich 2021, Vol. 1, fig. 11.4. The figure of a girl can have a birdcage under her arm. The present figures are of the largest size and can be dated circa 1760, as the incised F found on both stands for Maurice-Etienne Falconet, director of the atelier de sculpture from 1757-1766.
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