Lot 96
96
A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA CURIOSITE' OR 'LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE' AND 'LA LOTTERIE' OR 'LE TOURNIQUET'
A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA CURIOSITE' OR 'LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE' AND 'LA LOTTERIE' OR 'LE TOURNIQUET'

CIRCA 1765, INCISED CYPHER AND T TO THE UNDERSIDE OF EACH, THE MODELS BY FALCONET

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A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA CURIOSITE' OR 'LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE' AND 'LA LOTTERIE' OR 'LE TOURNIQUET'
CIRCA 1765, INCISED CYPHER AND T TO THE UNDERSIDE OF EACH, THE MODELS BY FALCONET
Both depicting vignettes taken from Boucher's Foire de Village, one of children entranced by a magic lantern, the other of children playing a gambling game
6 3/8 in. (16 cm.) high, the first, 6¼ in. (15.5 cm.) high, the second (2)
Provenance
Mrs. John W. Christner, Dallas, Texas; Christie's, New York, 9 June 1979, lot 189.
Poperty from the Estate of Robert L. and Elise F. Burwell; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2005, lot 81.

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Lot Essay

The present models are based on a painting by François Boucher now lost but surving as an engraving by Nicholas Cochin fils. See M.N. Pinot de Villechnon, exhibition catalogue, Falconet á Sèvres 1757-1766 ou l'art de plaire, Sèvres, Museé national de céramique, 2001, pgs. 132-139, nos. 72 and 73. For other pairs, see The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, Christie's, New York, 21 March 1991, lot 125 and anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 March 1996, lot 278.

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