A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP OF APOLLO AND DAPHNE
A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP OF APOLLO AND DAPHNE

CIRCA 1786-1800, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, INCISED AB MONOGRAM FOR BRACHARD JEUNE AND 10 96 8 FOR 10 AUGUST 1796

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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP OF APOLLO AND DAPHNE
CIRCA 1786-1800, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, INCISED AB MONOGRAM FOR BRACHARD JEUNE AND 10 96 8 FOR 10 AUGUST 1796
Depicting Daphne chased by Apollo transforming into a laurel tree, her father, the river god Peneus, seated at the right
19¾ in. (50 cm.) high, 14 in. (34 cm.) wide, the biscuit; on a modern giltwood base (2)
Provenance
The Estate of the Sixth Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire; Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 24 May 1977, lot 2092.
Private California Collection; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, 10 March 1987, lot 531.

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