Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 4th October 2023

Lot 25

A LARGE AND RARE CHELSEA PORCELAIN BOCAGE GROUP 'THE MUSIC LESSON'

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1700

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Description

A LARGE AND RARE CHELSEA PORCELAIN BOCAGE GROUP 'THE MUSIC LESSON'

C.1760-70

modelled as a shepherd and shepherdess, he teaching her to play the flageolet, before flowering bocage, with a dog and lambs before a floral arbour, on a scrolling base, with a painted wood base and glass dome (3)

41cm high

Provenance

Kenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.

Purchased in these rooms, 4th June 2008, European Ceramics and Glass, Lot 552, for £4,500 (hammer)

Catalogue Note

This group is an adaptation of a Sèvres biscuit group by Etienne Maurice Falconet, which in turn was based on François Boucher's 1748 painting, 'The Enjoyable Lesson'. There is an example in both the Bearsted Collection at Upton House and the Schreiber Collection at the V&A.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.