A SÈVRES FIGURE OF 'LE COUREUR'

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A SÈVRES FIGURE OF 'LE COUREUR'
Circa 1765

Modelled as a young boy holding on his hat and holding up his tunic as he runs, on a square base (chip to index finger), incised script B to base
4 3/8in. (11.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

First modelled by Falconet after Boucher between 1764 and 1765

Cf. Svend Eriksen, op. cit., no. 33

A group of five figures including one similar from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection were sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 141

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