A PAIR OF SAMSON BISCUIT PORCELAIN MODELS OF SPHINXES

19TH CENTURY, INCISED CROSSED S AND : MARK TO EACH, ONE INCISED 2, THE OTHER IMPRESSED 2

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A PAIR OF SAMSON BISCUIT PORCELAIN MODELS OF SPHINXES
19TH CENTURY, INCISED CROSSED S AND : MARK TO EACH, ONE INCISED 2, THE OTHER IMPRESSED 2
Each with the body of lion recumbent on tassled cushions and a further rectangular base, the heads as portraits of ladies of the French court, that on the left as Madame Du Barry, that on the right as perhaps Marie-Antoinette, the cushion with fleurs-de-lys
18½ in. (47 cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

See F. Slitine, Samson, génie de l'imitation, Paris, 2002, p. 109 for a biscuit bust of Madame Du Barry by Samson after the original portrait by Augustin Pajou, the same head as that found on the present example; also p. 106 for the crossed S mark which at first glance resembles the interlaced L's mark of the Sèvres factory.

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