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CIRCA 1766, FROM MODELS BY FALCONET, INCISED F TO THE FIRST, 5 TO THE SECOND, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE
Details
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN BISCUIT FIGURES OF BATHERS ON FLUTED BLEU NOUVEAU COLUMNAR PEDESTALS ('BAIGNEUSE' ET 'BAIGNEUSE AUX ROSEAUX')
CIRCA 1766, FROM MODELS BY FALCONET, INCISED F TO THE FIRST, 5 TO THE SECOND, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE
The figure of 'Baigneuse' in soft paste, that of 'La Baigneuse aux Roseaux' in hard paste, each nude draped for modesty, standing beside the banks of a river poised to enter the water, one with a tree-stump at her left, the other with bulrushes at her right, on a fluted columnar base with a later ormolu fitted platform between the figure and the column
the first 17 in. high, overall; the second 16 ¼ in. high, overall
CIRCA 1766, FROM MODELS BY FALCONET, INCISED F TO THE FIRST, 5 TO THE SECOND, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE
The figure of 'Baigneuse' in soft paste, that of 'La Baigneuse aux Roseaux' in hard paste, each nude draped for modesty, standing beside the banks of a river poised to enter the water, one with a tree-stump at her left, the other with bulrushes at her right, on a fluted columnar base with a later ormolu fitted platform between the figure and the column
the first 17 in. high, overall; the second 16 ¼ in. high, overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 22 October 1974, lot 364.
Anonymous sale; Christie's New York, 19 October 2007, lot 358.
Anonymous sale; Christie's New York, 19 October 2007, lot 358.
Sale room notice
Please note: the figure of Baigneuse is in soft paste porcelain. The slightly later model, Baigneuse aux Roseaux, is in hard paste porcelain. Although of soft paste porcelain, the fluted plinths supporting the biscuit figures were not made at the Sèvres factory. Tournai or Arras are more likely their source.