A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES OF 'LA JARDINIERE AU VASE' AND 'LE JARDINIER AU PLANTOIR'

CIRCA 1761, BOTH INCISED F FOR FALCONET, THE MODEL FOR 'LA JARDINERE' BY DEFERNEX OR SUZANNE, THE MODEL FOR 'LE JARDINIER' BY SUZANNE

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A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES OF 'LA JARDINIERE AU VASE' AND 'LE JARDINIER AU PLANTOIR'
CIRCA 1761, BOTH INCISED F FOR FALCONET, THE MODEL FOR 'LA JARDINERE' BY DEFERNEX OR SUZANNE, THE MODEL FOR 'LE JARDINIER' BY SUZANNE
Both modeled by Falconet after Boucher, she standing beside a vase of flowers and holding out her apron filled with similar blossoms, he offering a spray of flowers with his hat, his spade and watering can at the foot of the tree-stump at the rear
9 in. (22.6 cm.) and 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) high, respectively (2)

Provenance

With French & Co., Inc., New York.
The Thelma Chrysler Foy Collection; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 16 May 1959, lot 270.
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Landa; Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 7 May 1977, lot 47.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 1986, lot 396.

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Lot Essay

'Le Jardinèie au vase' is modeled after a marble by Vassé designed in 1753 for the Madame de Pompadour's dairy at her Château de Crécy. For a full explanation of this model, see M-N Pinot de Villechenon, exhibition catalogue, Falconet à Sèvres ou l'art de plaire, Sèvres, Museé national de Céramique, 2001-2002, pp. 112-113, no. 34.

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