CIRCA 1760, INCISED F

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A SEVRES WHITE BISCUIT GROUP OF LES BUVEURS DE LAIT
CIRCA 1760, INCISED F
Modelled by Falconet after Boucher, with two children, one spilling a bowl of milk seated on rockwork, the other pulling at his right arm, a pig in a basket and a basket of fruit at their feet, on a shaped rockwork base (restoration to lid of basket)
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

First modelled by Falconet in 1759 after an engraving by Jean Daulée after Boucher.

See the example with its pendant from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection sold by Christie's New York on 21st March 1991, lot 132. Another example is in the Wrightsman Collection and illustrated by Carl C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. IV, Porcelain (New York, 1970), pl. 121.

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