A SÈVRES GROUP ON NE S'AVISE JAMAIS DE TOUT AND LA BOHÉMIENNE

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A SÈVRES GROUP ON NE S'AVISE JAMAIS DE TOUT AND LA BOHÉMIENNE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND WITH INCISED B

Modelled as a manacled youth clasping a girl's hand while a woman puts money in a purse; and as a youth holding a girl's hand whilst a bear picks his pocket (damages to her hand and his manacles on the first; feet and base restored, chips to ribbons and to rope, the second)--about 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high (2)

Provenance

The first from Wilfred Sainsbury, sale, Sotheby's London, May 5, 1970, lot 44

Literature

La Bohèmienne is ilustrated by Ruth Berges "Soft-paste biscuit figures from Vincennes and Sèvres", The Connoisseur, November 1967 fig. 10

Lot Essay

First modelled in 1765 by Leclère and Falconet.
The first depicts Lise and Dorval and her duenna from a piece by Sedaine and the second is taken from a parody by Favart and depicts
Calcante, Nise and her brother Sbrigani disguised as a bear.