Live Auction 17140The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A VINCENNES PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SLEEPING PUTTO
Lot 134 A Private Collection of Eighteenth Century Porcelain

A VINCENNES PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SLEEPING PUTTO

CIRCA 1750, SCRIPT P MARK, MODELED BY LA RUE AFTER FRANCOIS DUQUENSOY

Closed9 April 2019

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SLEEPING PUTTO
CIRCA 1750, SCRIPT P MARK, MODELED BY LA RUE AFTER FRANCOIS DUQUENSOY
Finely modeled as a putto asleep on drapery and rockwork, his right knee bent
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long

Specialist note

The present figure is from a group of over forty models entitled Les Enfants François, modeled after the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy, also known as 'Le Flamand', and produced at Vincennes and later at Sèvres.