English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19th April 2016
Lot 289
Two Sèvres biscuit porcelain figures 19th century
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £120
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Description
Two Sèvres biscuit porcelain figures 19th century, one of Madame Royale or Enfant aux Coussins, modelled after Boizot after an original by Clodion as a baby playing with the toes on her left foot, seated on a pile of cushions, the other of Cupid seated on a high-backed chair with swan-head arm rests, incised marks to the reverse including the initials AB, 23.5cm max. (2)
Cf. Émile Bourgeois and Georges Lechevallier-Chevignard, Le Biscuit de Sèvres Vol. I, pl. 24, no. 394 for a similar example of the Madame Royale figure.