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A WHITE PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XV
A WHITE PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XV

CIRCA 1765, THE PORCELAIN ALMOST CERTAINLY MENNECY

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A WHITE PORCELAIN PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XV
CIRCA 1765, THE PORCELAIN ALMOST CERTAINLY MENNECY
After the model by Edme Bouchardon, on original ebonized wood plinth applied with an ormolu swag-draped cartouche inscribed VIVE LE BIEN AIME
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high, the porcelain; 10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high, overall

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The present porcelain sculpture is very likely one of the "6 bustes représentant Louis XV" included on the 1765 inventory of Mennecy porcelain wares in the stock of the Paris dealer Charles Hennique under the header Figures en Biscuit. See N. Duchon, La Manufactuure de Porcelain de Mennecy Villeroy, Le Mee-sur-Seine, 1988, p. 149; also W.B. Honey, French Porcelain of the 18th Century, 1950, p. 21.