Lot 697
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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT GIRL, 'LA MOISSONNEUSE'
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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT GIRL, 'LA MOISSONNEUSE'

CIRCA 1760, INCISED F TO BASE FOR FALCONET

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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PEASANT GIRL, 'LA MOISSONNEUSE'
CIRCA 1760, INCISED F TO BASE FOR FALCONET
Modeled as a young girl holding a sheaf of wheat under her arm, standing barefoot before another sheaf of wheat on a rockwork base
8 3/4 in. (21.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 July 2006, lot 71.
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Lot Essay

This figure was originally modeled by Pierre Blondeau after François Boucher in 1752, and inspired by La Vallée de Montmorency by Charles-Simeon Favart. See A. Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, 1994, no. 144, p. 177.

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