A Sèvres White Biscuit Porcelain Figure of 'La Petit Fille au Tablier'

1757-1766

incised F to the underside; modelled by Falconet, the girl standing holding grapes in her apron, her head tied with a scarf, standing barefoot by a tree stump on a shaped oval rockwork base.

Height 9 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris, 1997

Note:

The present figure and her pair, 'Le Jeune Suppliant', were both first modelled after Boucher by Blondeau in 1752. The original drawing for Le Jeune Suppliant is still at Sèvres and the reverse of the drawing is inscribed 'dessein de m. Boucher apartenant à la Manufacture de Vincennes, ce 23 aoust 1749'. A similar pair of figures from the renowned collection of Elizabeth Firestone were sold by Christie's, New York, 21 March 1991, lot 108.

The incised capital F on the underside of the base definitively dates this example to 1757-1766 during which years the renowned sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet served as head of the sculpture studio at the Sèvres porcelain manufactory. His initial on the completed work indicates his approval of its production and finishing.

In generally good condition. with chips to the edge of her bodice hem, typical minor firing lines and chips/losses to the fruit and leaves in her apron.

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Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I

A Sèvres White Biscuit Porcelain Figure of 'La Petit Fille au Tablier'

Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I

A Sèvres White Biscuit Porcelain Figure of 'La Petit Fille au Tablier'

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