Lot 102
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A SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE LA PETITE FILLE A LA CAGE OR LA DOULEUR DE BABET
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A SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE LA PETITE FILLE A LA CAGE OR LA DOULEUR DE BABET

CIRCA 1765, INCISED CALIPERS MARK

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A SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE LA PETITE FILLE A LA CAGE OR LA DOULEUR DE BABET
CIRCA 1765, INCISED CALIPERS MARK
Modelled standing holding her apron, before a pumpkin and a tree stump, on a rockwork rectangular base
8¾ in. (22 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Also known as La Cage Vide où La Douleur de Babet, this Sèvres biscuit figure and its pendant L'Enfant aux oiseaux are based on Favart's comedy La Vallée de Montmorency. She was originally conceived with a birdcage supported on her apron (see E. Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1909, p.18.

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