A PAIR OF SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF LA GRANDE JARDINIÈRE AND LE GRAND JARDINIÈR

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A PAIR OF SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF LA GRANDE JARDINIÈRE AND LE GRAND JARDINIÈR
CIRCA 1755, HIS BASE INCISED B

Modelled standing, each holding a basket of flowers, the girl also with a bouquet with further baskets at their feet (her left arm and his base with substantial fire cracks, her left fingers restored, chip to his coat)--10¼in. (26cm.) high

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Bourgeois records these as having been first produced in 1755.

Similar pairs sold Christie's London, July 4, 1977, lot 16; and the Christner Collection, Christie's New York, June 9, 1979, lot 188