Lot 93
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A pair of late Louis XVI sèvres biscuit porcelain figures of Infants
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A pair of late Louis XVI sèvres biscuit porcelain figures of Infants

AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE PIGALLE

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A pair of late Louis XVI sèvres biscuit porcelain figures of Infants
After Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Each recumbent, one feeding a dove
7in. and 7½in. (18 and 19cm.) high, respectively;
on ormolu-panelled plinths -- 1½in. (4cm.) high, 5½in. (14cm.) wide, 4½in. (11.5cm.) deep (2)
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This popular pair of 'Enfants Français' were introduced at the Sèvres Manufactory in 1777. 'L'Enfant a la cage', or the boy with a birdcage (now lacking) was modelled after a marble of the son of Mme de Pompadour's godfather, and was executed by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (d. 1785) in 1749 to serve as a pair to an alabaster sculpture of a girl that was thought to be antique. 'L'Enfant à la cage' and 'L'Enfant à l'oiseau' are illustrated in E. Bourgeois Les Biscuits de Sevres, Paris, c. 1920 (nos. 217 and 261).

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