A Vincennes biscuit figure of 'Le Batteur en Granges'

CIRCA 1755, INSICSED F TO BASE

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A Vincennes biscuit figure of 'Le Batteur en Granges'
Circa 1755, insicsed F to base
Modelled as a young man holding a flail in his right hand, his left on a tree-stump, a flagon on the ground at his feet, on a square base (tip to staff lacking, extended firing crack to base and slight chipping)
8¼in. (21cm.) high

Lot Essay

First modelled by Suzanne, after Boucher, in 1755.

Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op. cit. (1909), fig. 102; Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980, no. 65; and Ruth Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247.

A similar figure from the Sainsbury Collection was sold at Sotheby's, 5 May 1970, lot 43, and another, from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 114.

See illustration on page 81.

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