A French terracotta group of playing cherubs
A French terracotta group of playing cherubs

BY JOSEPH CHRET, CIRCA 1870

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A French terracotta group of playing cherubs
By Joseph Chret, Circa 1870
Scantily clad, carrying baskets, on a naturalistically moulded base inscribed Cheret to the side, on a stepped spreading shaped plinth
18 in. (47 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Gustave-Joseph Chret (1838-1894) studied sculpture under Carrier-Belleuse, later marrying one of his daughters. He exhibited at the Paris Salon during the 1860's and then again from 1875. Chret specialised in decorative statuettes, vases, centre-tables and fireplaces. On Carrier-Belleuse's death, he took over his master's role at the Svres factory and his designs and style proved ideally suited to translation into porcelain.

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