THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED F TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE

细节

A Sevres white biscuit group of Les enfants buveurs de lait
Third quarter of the 18th Century, incised F to underside of base
Modelled by Falconet with a boy seated on a rock and drinking milk from a bowl, a small boy at his side pestering him, a basket of fruit between them at their feet, a hedgehog emerging from some straw in a box nearby, on a shaped oval grassy rockwork mound base (corner of box lid lacking, small chip to hedgehog's ear and straw)
Approximately 7 in. (18 cm.) high

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拍品专文

First modelled by Falconet after Boucher in 1759. It is taken in the reverse from an engraving by Jean Daulée after Boucher. See Pierrette Jean-Richard, Boucher no. 581.

See the similar model from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection (Part I) sold by Christie's New York on 21st March 1991, lot 132 (part).