A Sèvres biscuit figure of 'Le Jeu de Collin-Maillard'

CIRCA 1755, INCISED DIVIDERS MARK

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A Sèvres biscuit figure of 'Le Jeu de Collin-Maillard'
Circa 1755, incised dividers mark
Modelled as a boy crouching on all fours, taking part in 'blind man's buff', on a rockwork base (neck restored, firing break to one arm, chip at front of base)
6 5/8in. (14.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

This figure was originally modelled by Suzanne after Boucher in 1755.
Cf. Emile Bourgeois, op. cit. (1909), fig. 361, and Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé and Tamara Préaud, 'Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres', Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris 14 October 1977 - 16 January 1978, fig. 490.

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