A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN BISCUIT FIGURES OF BATHERS ON FLUTED BLEU NOUVEAU COLUMNAR PEDESTALS ('BAIGNEUSE' ET 'BAIGNEUSE AUX ROSEAUX')
CIRCA 1766, FROM MODELS BY FALCONET, INCISED F TO THE FIRST, 5 TO THE SECOND, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE
The figure of 'Baigneuse' in soft paste, that of 'La Baigneuse aux Roseaux' in hard paste, each nude draped for modesty, standing beside the banks of a river poised to enter the water, one with a tree-stump at her left, the other with bulrushes at her right, on a fluted columnar base with a later ormolu fitted platform between the figure and the column
the first 17 in. high, overall; the second 16 ¼ in. high, overall
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN BISCUIT FIGURES OF BATHERS ON FLUTED BLEU NOUVEAU COLUMNAR PEDESTALS ('BAIGNEUSE' ET 'BAIGNEUSE AUX ROSEAUX')
CIRCA 1766, FROM MODELS BY FALCONET, INCISED F TO THE FIRST, 5 TO THE SECOND, THE ORMOLU OF A LATER DATE
The figure of 'Baigneuse' in soft paste, that of 'La Baigneuse aux Roseaux' in hard paste, each nude draped for modesty, standing beside the banks of a river poised to enter the water, one with a tree-stump at her left, the other with bulrushes at her right, on a fluted columnar base with a later ormolu fitted platform between the figure and the column
the first 17 in. high, overall; the second 16 ¼ in. high, overall
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