Lot Essay
Cf. See the Sèvres examples sold at Christie's London, 8 November 1999, lots 142, 143 and 144.
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Seven Sèvres biscuit porcelain figural groups from a table centrepiece
First quarter of the 20th century, impressed marks
After an eighteenth century original, comprising: 'Le Triomphe de Bacchus', modelled with Bacchus seated on a rock flanked by two nymphs, two putti squabbling over a basket of fruit at his feet, and another putto feeding a lion behind him, a group of 'Les Cymbales', after Taraval with a nymph playing the cymbals, a naked satyr blowing a conch shell at her side, on a shaped oval base, a group of a nymph holding a tambourine, a naked satyr beside her, and four models of muses, each holding a shaped oval dish above their heads (some damages and restoration)
First quarter of the 20th century, impressed marks
After an eighteenth century original, comprising: 'Le Triomphe de Bacchus', modelled with Bacchus seated on a rock flanked by two nymphs, two putti squabbling over a basket of fruit at his feet, and another putto feeding a lion behind him, a group of 'Les Cymbales', after Taraval with a nymph playing the cymbals, a naked satyr blowing a conch shell at her side, on a shaped oval base, a group of a nymph holding a tambourine, a naked satyr beside her, and four models of muses, each holding a shaped oval dish above their heads (some damages and restoration)
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