Lot 23
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A SEVRES SUGAR-BOWL AND A COVER (POT A SUCRE 'BOURET' ET COUVERCLE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
A SEVRES SUGAR-BOWL AND A COVER (POT A SUCRE 'BOURET' ET COUVERCLE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
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A SEVRES SUGAR-BOWL AND A COVER (POT A SUCRE 'BOURET' ET COUVERCLE, 2EME GRANDEUR)

CIRCA 1760, BLUE INTERLACED L MARK, INCISED \

Details
A SEVRES SUGAR-BOWL AND A COVER (POT A SUCRE 'BOURET' ET COUVERCLE, 2EME GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1760, BLUE INTERLACED L MARK, INCISED \
Painted en camaïeu rose with two landscape vignettes of putti, one holding a mask and an arrow, the other holding a dagger and with a scroll inscribed OEIDIPE, within gilt dentil rims (minute chip to finial, slight wear to gilding)
10.1 cm. (4 in.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 7 May 1979, lot 18.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 December 1979, lot 1979.
With Bernard Dragesco, from whom it was acquired on 25 January 1984.

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Lot Essay

The inscription on the scroll may be a reference to the play 'Oedipe', an adaptation of Sophocles' Athenian tragedy 'Oedipus the King', by the French dramatist and philosopher Voltaire. It was first performed in 1718 and the production ran for 45 performances receiving great critical acclaim and marking the start of Voltaire's success in his theatrical career. It was revived in 1723 and remained in the répertoire of Comédie-Française until 1852.

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