CIRCA 1755, INCISED CROSS WITHIN AN ARCH AND // TO THE UNDERSIDE

Paired with La Batteuse de Beurre, the present figure was first modeled by Suzanne, after Boucher, in 1755.

For other examples, see E. Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, 1909, fig. 102; S. Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980, no. 65; and R. Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247. An example from the collection of Count Gerard Joseph Emile d'Aquin was recently sold Christie's, New York, 7 June 2012, lot 142.