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Lot 194*

A Sèvres biscuit group of 'Les Buveurs de Lait', circa 1760

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,402.50 inc. premium

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A Sèvres biscuit group of 'Les Buveurs de Lait', circa 1760

Modelled by Étienne-Maurice Falconet after Boucher, a boy seated on rockwork drinking from a bowl of milk, another child standing on tiptoes tugging on his arm, two baskets at their feet, on a rockwork base, 18cm high, incised F (basket handle missing)

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The model is after an engraving of a drawing by Boucher. In fact, two engravings depicting the subject matter exist, one by Boucher himself from 1735, the other by Jean Daullé, which is very similar to the Sèvres model.

Other examples of the model are in the Blanche M. Harnan Ceramic Collection of the Seattle Art Museum and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, illustrated in Falconet à Sèvres ou l'art de plaire, exhibition catalogue (2002), no. 50. Another example was sold in these rooms, 18 Jun 2014, lot 166.

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