A DERBY WHITE BISCUIT GROUP OF "LES BUVEURS DE LAIT"
probably English, circa 1780, after the Sèvres original modelled by Falconet in 1759, based on a drawing by Francois Boucher, circa 1735, a boy seated on rockwork holding a shallow pan of milk which is being spilt by a smaller boy reaching up on his right hand side, 15.5cm high
Provenance: Bt. Lawrence's 2009.
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£100 - £200
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£280 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Literature: The original Sèvres group is approximately 17.5cm high, an example of which is in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs and is illustrated in «Falconet à Sèvres» the Exhibition at the Musée National Ceramique, November 2001 - February 2002.
