Lot Essay
Jean-Jacques Bachelier is recorded as director of the sculpture workshop at Sèvres from 1751-1757 and 1766-1773.
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THE FIRST 1772-1773, INCISED WITH A JB MONOGRAM FOR BACHELIER, MODELED BY BOIZOT, THE SECOND OF SLIGHLTY LATER DATE AND LIKELY ALSO A BOIZOT MODEL, INCISED III
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TWO SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN ALTAR GROUPS, 'L'AUTEL DE L'AMITIE' AND 'L'AMOUR NOURRI PAR L'ESPERANCE'
THE FIRST 1772-1773, INCISED WITH A JB MONOGRAM FOR BACHELIER, MODELED BY BOIZOT, THE SECOND OF SLIGHLTY LATER DATE AND LIKELY ALSO A BOIZOT MODEL, INCISED III
The first with a nymph warming a heart before a columnar altar, Cupid lighting his quiver of arrows with a torch; the second group emblematic of Hope, with a maiden breastfeeding a putto standing on an altar of Love, each altar applied with garlands of roses and raised on a rectangular base
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high (2)
THE FIRST 1772-1773, INCISED WITH A JB MONOGRAM FOR BACHELIER, MODELED BY BOIZOT, THE SECOND OF SLIGHLTY LATER DATE AND LIKELY ALSO A BOIZOT MODEL, INCISED III
The first with a nymph warming a heart before a columnar altar, Cupid lighting his quiver of arrows with a torch; the second group emblematic of Hope, with a maiden breastfeeding a putto standing on an altar of Love, each altar applied with garlands of roses and raised on a rectangular base
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Property of an American Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 3 June 2008, lot 216 ('L'Autel de L'Amitié').
Anonymous sale; Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 11 June 2002, lot 5 ('L'Amour Nourri par l'Espérance').
Anonymous sale; Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 11 June 2002, lot 5 ('L'Amour Nourri par l'Espérance').
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