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Lot 283
283
A SÈVRES FIGURE OF 'LE PETIT PATISSIER'
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A SÈVRES FIGURE OF 'LE PETIT PATISSIER'
Circa 1780
Modelled as boy pastry-chef standing by a tray of pastries, his left hand extended and holding a biscuit (slight chips), incised LR 19 to base
5 1/2in. (14cm.) high
Lot Essay
First modelled by Falconet in 1757
Cf. Émile Bourgeois,
op. cit.
, fig. 499
;
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