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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE-MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
Lot 86

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE-MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE DECORATION LIKELY LATER, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND TOLE-PEINTE-MOUNTED DERBY PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF TASTE
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1752-1755, THE MODEL PROBABLY BY ANDREW PLANCHE OR AGOSTINO CARLINI, THE DECORATION LIKELY LATER, THE LOUIS XV ORMOLU BASE WITH THE 'C' COURONNE POINCON, CIRCA 1745-1749
From a series of 'The Five Senses', modeled as two robed figures, one eyeing a piece of fruit in his hand, a small bottle in the other, his breeches painted with a moon and stars, his companion holding a cup before a basket full of further bottles, on a rocaille-cast base issuing a tree mounted with tôle-peinte and porcelain flowers, the porcelain figures adapted to the base but apparently original
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high, overall

Collection of Jack and Belle Linsky; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1985, lot 64.
Collection of Dr. Bruce Wilson; Christie's, New York, 24 October, 2012, lot 4.

Specialist note

The 'C' Couronné Poinçon was a tax mark used on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.

For another example of this rare porcelain group, alternatively known as the 'The Chinese Quack Doctor and Assistant', in the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum no. C.103-1938), see P. Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, 1750-1848, London, 1990, col. pl. I. Also compare the example from the collection of Nelson A. Rockefeller, sold Sotheby's, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 44.