Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A FRENCH CARVED IVORY FIGURAL GROUP ENTITLED 'LA ROSIERE DE SALENCY'
Lot 289 PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE A. HEARN, SOLD BY THE DAVID OWSLEY MUSEUM OF ART, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

A FRENCH CARVED IVORY FIGURAL GROUP ENTITLED 'LA ROSIERE DE SALENCY'

AFTER LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A FRENCH CARVED IVORY FIGURAL GROUP ENTITLED 'LA ROSIERE DE SALENCY'
AFTER LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Titled Homage Paid to the Country, with various paper labels dated 18 March 1918 and accession number 95.035.15/struck L36.050
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

With George A. Hearn (d. 1913), New York, circa 1908.
The Notable Art Collection formed by the late George A. Hearn; American Art Association, New York, 25 February-4 March, 1918, lot 1094,
Where acquired by Frank Clayton Ball (d. 1943), thence by descent.
Gifted to Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1995.

Specialist note

The present group is based on a biscuit group created by Louis-Simon Boizot in 1776 for the Manufacture de Sèvres. The subject is inspired by Charles-Simon Favart's comédie of the same title, which Favart debuted at Fontainebleau on 25 October 1769. Boizot's original model is illustrated Cf. Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sères au XVIIIe Sièle, Paris, 1909, Vol. II.