
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
Private Collection, Switzerland (anon. sale at Christie's London, 11 December 2007, lot 81)
One of the scenes on the ecuelle is based on an engraving by Thomasin fil. after Watteau, 'Coquettes qui pour voir galans au rendez-vous', published by S. Ducret, Meißner Porzellan bemalt in Augsburg, II (1972), ill. 198; the scene on the stand is based on an engraving by Charles-Nicolia II Cochin, 'Dans cette aimable solitude... Leur discours seroit plus tendre', after a (lost) painting by Nicolas Lancret.