Lot Essay
A similar example is illustrated by Émile Bourgeois and Georges Lechevallier-Chevignard, Le Biscuit de Sèvres (n.d.), Vol. I, pl. 24, no. 394.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SEVRES MARK TO BACK OF PLINTH BASE
Details
A SEVRES WHITE BISCUIT FIGURE OF 'MADAME ROYALE' OR 'ENFANT AUX COUSSINS'
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SEVRES MARK TO BACK OF PLINTH BASE
Modelled after Boizot from an original by Clodion as a naked infant playing with her toes and holding a fruiting oak branch, seated on drapery and cushions with tassels at the corners, on a rectangular plinth base (chipping to corners of base)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED SEVRES MARK TO BACK OF PLINTH BASE
Modelled after Boizot from an original by Clodion as a naked infant playing with her toes and holding a fruiting oak branch, seated on drapery and cushions with tassels at the corners, on a rectangular plinth base (chipping to corners of base)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs Nellie Ionides, sale Sotheby's, 11th February 1964, lot 93.
Special notice
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