A SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID
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A SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID

CIRCA 1766, INCISED SCRIPT B AT THE BACK FOR BACHELIER

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A SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF VENUS AND CUPID
Circa 1766, incised script B at the back for Bachelier
The goddess reclining beside a stream scooping water into a shell, Cupid reclining against her knees and holding a bunch of grapes above his head, his quiver and arrows below his head and at her knees
7¼in. (18.4cm.) high, 9¼in. (23.5cm.) long

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Jean-Jacques Bachelier, director of the atelier de sculpture at Sèvres 1751-57 and again 1766-73