Lot Essay
Cf. Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris, 1909), Vol. II, pl. 64.
CIRCA 1780, INCISED LR FOR LE RICHE
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A SEVRES WHITE BISCUIT GROUP OF DIANE AU BAIN
CIRCA 1780, INCISED LR FOR LE RICHE
Modelled by Boizot, the Goddess modelled standing, scantilly draped, with three attendants and two hounds, above a stream issuing from rockwork, on a circular base (restoration to kneeling figure's ankle, to drapery at reverse, some scattered chipping to foliage, hunting horn to the reverse, hound's tail, further small damages with some associated overpainting)
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1780, INCISED LR FOR LE RICHE
Modelled by Boizot, the Goddess modelled standing, scantilly draped, with three attendants and two hounds, above a stream issuing from rockwork, on a circular base (restoration to kneeling figure's ankle, to drapery at reverse, some scattered chipping to foliage, hunting horn to the reverse, hound's tail, further small damages with some associated overpainting)
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high
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