Lot Essay
Modelled by Blondeau after Boucher in 1752 Le Cronne sculpteur at Sèvres 1753-57.
Details
A VINCENNES WHITE FIGURE OF A BAGPIPER (JOUEUR DE MUSETTE)
CIRCA 1755, INCISED LT MARK FOR LE CRONNE AND NE
Modelled playing his instrument, leaning against a tree-stump with a basket of fruit at his feet, on an oval mound base (restored through neck, minor chipping)--7½in. (19cm.) high
CIRCA 1755, INCISED LT MARK FOR LE CRONNE AND NE
Modelled playing his instrument, leaning against a tree-stump with a basket of fruit at his feet, on an oval mound base (restored through neck, minor chipping)--7½in. (19cm.) high
Provenance
Xavier de Chavagnac, sale Paris, June 19-20, 1911, lot 217,
Maurice Fenaille, sale Paris, June 12, 1941
Wilfred Sainsbury, sale Sotheby's London, March 14, 1967, lot 36
Maurice Fenaille, sale Paris, June 12, 1941
Wilfred Sainsbury, sale Sotheby's London, March 14, 1967, lot 36
Literature
T. Préaud and A. Fäy-Hallé: Porcelaines de Vincennes, Paris, 1977, p. 171