A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF A GARDENER AND COMPANION ('LE GRAND JARDINIER' AND 'LA GRANDE JARDINIERE')
A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF A GARDENER AND COMPANION ('LE GRAND JARDINIER' AND 'LA GRANDE JARDINIERE')

MODELLED AFTER BOUCHER, INCISED F MARKS, FIRST MODELLED IN 1755

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A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF A GARDENER AND COMPANION ('LE GRAND JARDINIER' AND 'LA GRANDE JARDINIERE')
Modelled after Boucher, incised F marks, first modelled in 1755
The boy standing erect, his right leg slightly raised, holding up a basket of flowers resting on his right arm, wearing a jacket and knee breeches; his female companion wearing a laced bodice, skirt and apron, holding a small flower bouquet in her right hand and a flower basket under her left arm, another basket behind her, on angular rockwork bases
Approx. 10in. (25.4cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Collection of Miss M. Pinder and Mrs. Jo Pinder; Christie's, London, 4 July 1977, lot 16
The Christner Collection; Christie's, New York, 30 November - 1 December 1977, lot 170

Literature
See Emily Bourgeois and Lechevalier-Chevignard, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, plate 3, nos. 326 and 327.

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