A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE, 'LE BATTEUR EN GRANGES'
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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE, 'LE BATTEUR EN GRANGES'

CIRCA 1755, INCISED CROSS WITHIN AN ARCH AND // TO THE UNDERSIDE

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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE, 'LE BATTEUR EN GRANGES'
CIRCA 1755, INCISED CROSS WITHIN AN ARCH AND // TO THE UNDERSIDE
Modeled as a barefoot peasant holding a winnowing staff, leaning on a rocky outcrop, a flask at its base
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
With Ernst Joresco, Chicago, 1973.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17-18 May 2005, lot 82.
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Lot Essay

Paired with La Batteuse de Beurre, the present figure was first modeled by Suzanne, after Boucher, in 1755.

For other examples, see E. Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, 1909, fig. 102; S. Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980, no. 65; and R. Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247. An example from the collection of Count Gerard Joseph Emile d'Aquin was recently sold Christie's, New York, 7 June 2012, lot 142.

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