Lot Essay
This model is most likely inspired by Louis-Simon Boizot's model of the same subject (1786).
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. DONALD BAUCHNER
A FRENCH TINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURAL GROUP OF THE INFANCY OF SILENUS
SIGNED CH. LENOIR, PROBABLY CHARLES LENOIR (1860-1920), LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH TINTED TERRACOTTA FIGURAL GROUP OF THE INFANCY OF SILENUS
Signed CH. LENOIR, Probably Charles Lenoir (1860-1920), Late 19th Century
The bearded satyr holding a group of grapes aloft as a scantily clad bacchante carries the infant Silenus on her back, on an integrally cast stepped and domed base
23in. (58.5cm.) high
Signed CH. LENOIR, Probably Charles Lenoir (1860-1920), Late 19th Century
The bearded satyr holding a group of grapes aloft as a scantily clad bacchante carries the infant Silenus on her back, on an integrally cast stepped and domed base
23in. (58.5cm.) high