Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015

Lot 235

A pair of French soft-paste porcelain putti c.1770

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

A pair of French soft-paste porcelain putti c.1770, attributed to Orléans, one seated with a basket of grapes, wearing a diadem of fruiting grapevine, the other with a basket of flowers resting on her left knee, each seated on a rocky stump beside leafy branches, some chipping, 15.5cm. (2)

Cf. The French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol. II, Cyrille Froissart, The Orléans Porcelain Manufactory; its production of soft paste groups and figures' for a discussion of similar figures.