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A rare Chantilly model of a hawk or falcon, circa 1740 image 1
A rare Chantilly model of a hawk or falcon, circa 1740 image 2
Lot 142

A rare Chantilly model of a hawk or falcon, circa 1740

1 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£7,000 - £9,000

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A rare Chantilly model of a hawk or falcon, circa 1740

Naturalistically modelled perched on rockwork applied with branches of flowers and foliage, 27.5cm high

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Provenance
With Christophe Perlès, 2018

Literature
White, Mary, Beasts at the Whites' House, Vol.1, 2020, p.204

The Chantilly manufactory produced a variety of animals and wildlife in porcelain (decorated and left in the white), such as leopards, lions, elephants, wolves, foxes, deer and birds, although they are now rather rare. Not only was there a menagerie of exotic animals on the Chantilly estate but it was also home to a famous hunting ground frequently used by Louis-Henri de Bourbon and his guests. Other examples of Chantilly porcelain animals are illustrated in Geneviève Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle, 1996, pp.146-150, including a white model of seated wolf.

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