A PARIS BISCUIT GROUP OF 'LE TRIUMPH DE BACCHUS'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED TORCH MARK PROBABLY FOR THE RUE LA ROQUETTE FACTORY, AFTER THE MARBLE BY FRANÇOIS GIRARDON

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A PARIS BISCUIT GROUP OF 'LE TRIUMPH DE BACCHUS'
Late 19th century, blue crossed torch mark probably for the rue la Roquette factory, after the marble by François Girardon
The scantily draped Bacchus seated on a rock, flanked by nymphs wearing garlands of ivy and robes tied at the waist, one holding vine wreath, the other serving him wine, two satyrs squabbling over a basket at Bacchus's feet, the back with a putto feeding Bacchus's lion and with martial and musical trophies on the rockwork base
13¼in. (33cm.) high

Lot Essay

For Sèvres examples modelled by Taraval in 1773 on which the present group is based, see Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 November 1999, lot 144 and Christie's, New York, 22 October 2003, lot 257, the first of which is incised with the initials LR for Louis Riche, director of the sculpture workshop 1780-1801.

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