A Sèvres biscuit figure of 'L'Amitié au Coeur'

CIRCA 1764, INCISED SCRIPT B AND 3 TO EDGE OF BASE

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A Sèvres biscuit figure of 'L'Amitié au Coeur'
Circa 1764, incised script B and 3 to edge of base
Modelled as a loosely-draped figure of a woman by an ivy-clad tree-trunk, a wreath in her hair, holding a heart in her outstretched hands, a mask trampled underfoot, on a circular base (damages to flower-wreath and to base foliage, chip to great toe, slight staining)
14in. (35.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

First modelled by Falconet in 1764.

Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op. cit. (1909), fig. 16.

The subject of 'L'Amitié' or 'L'Amitié au Coeur' was a popular one. Madame de Pompadour was herself modelled in the rôle by Falconet in 1755. An example of that model was in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, lot 120.

See illustration on page 81.

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