Lot 112
112
A SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURE LA BERGÈRE ASSISE

Details
A SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURE LA BERGÈRE ASSISE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED F MARK

Seated holding out a flower in her left hand, her right arm resting on a basket of flowers (minor chipping to foliage)--8¼in. (21cm.) high
Literature
Ruth Berges, Collector's Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 245

Lot Essay

First modelled in 1754 by Fernex after designs by Boucher for Madame de Pompadour's dairy at the chateau de Crécy; this figure would appear to depict Madame Favart in a scene from a popyular play es Amours de Bastien et Bastienne. Similar examples are in the Wrightsman collection and in the Palazzo Pitti, see Eriksen Le Porcellane Francesi a Palazzo Pitti, no. 28.