Lot 112
112
TWO SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LES MANGEURS DES RAISINS' AND 'LA LECON DE FLUTE' OR 'LE FLUTEUR BOUCHER'
TWO SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LES MANGEURS DES RAISINS' AND 'LA LECON DE FLUTE' OR 'LE FLUTEUR BOUCHER'

CIRCA 1766-73, LES MANGEURS INCISED B FOR BACHELIER, THE MODELS OF 1752 BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER

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TWO SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LES MANGEURS DES RAISINS' AND 'LA LECON DE FLUTE' OR 'LE FLUTEUR BOUCHER'
CIRCA 1766-73, LES MANGEURS INCISED B FOR BACHELIER, THE MODELS OF 1752 BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER
Modeled after Boucher with either a young man feeding grapes to his companion or teaching her to play the flute, both with a hound at their feet, the flute lesson also with a recumbent lamb
9 ¼ in. (23.4 cm.) long, Les Mangeurs
Provenance
With Armin Allen, New York (Les Mangeurs).
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Geller, New York (Les Mangeurs).

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Lot Essay

A similar pair is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, object nos. 70.DE.98.1-2. Single examples are in many museum collections, including the C.L. David Collection, Copenhagen, Sèvres, Cité de la Ceramique and the Louvre Museum, Paris.

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