A SÈVRES GROUP LA FÊTE DU CHATEAU OU LA FIDÉLITÉ

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A SÈVRES GROUP LA FÊTE DU CHATEAU OU LA FIDÉLITÉ
LATE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED B MARK

Modelled as a youth bending over a seated girl, holding her left hand, her right hand holding a basket of roses, his hat on the base (his jacket chipped at the back, minor chipping to flowers)--8¼in. (21cm.) high
Literature
Ruth Berges "Soft-paste biscuit figures from Vincennes and Sèvres", The Connoisseur, November 1967, no. 8

Lot Essay

First modelled in 1766 by Falconet after Boucher