A PAIR OF FRENCH BISCUIT GROUPS, 'LE BAISER DONNE' AND 'LE BAISER RENDU'
A PAIR OF FRENCH BISCUIT GROUPS, 'LE BAISER DONNE' AND 'LE BAISER RENDU'

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH BISCUIT GROUPS, 'LE BAISER DONNE' AND 'LE BAISER RENDU'
19TH CENTURY
Modeled after Jean-Antoine Houdon's marbles, Le Baiser Donné and Le Baiser Rendu, each truncated at the shoulders and depicting a couple embracing, on gilt bronze socle and further grey and black marble plinth
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 September 1993, lot 127.

Lot Essay

The present small-scale biscuit porcelain sculptures are adapted from marble groups ascribed to Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), one of which was originally made for the duc de Chârtres. For a virtually identical pair from the collection of Elizabeth Parke Firestone, see Christie's, New York, 22-23 March 1991, lot 853.

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