Sèvres Porcelain
A Pair of French 18th Century Hard-Paste Sèvres Porcelain Biscuit Figures of Melancholy and Meditation , circa 1780-90
H35 W20 D17 cm
H.13 3/4 W.7 7/8 D.6 3/4 in
H.13 3/4 W.7 7/8 D.6 3/4 in
9058
GBP £ 24,000.00
Further images
Literature
These hard-paste porcelain figures are of Melancoly and Meditation - La Mélancolie et La Méditation. La Mélancolie (height 35cm) was first modelled in 1774 for the Sèvres porcelain factory based on a sculpture by Etienne-Maurice Falconet which had been exhibited in the Salon of 1761. In 1775 La Méditation (height 34cm) was created to form a pair.
One is incised LR 13 for Le Riche who was head of the sculpture studio at Sèvres from 1780. On antique, but later, gilt-wood bases.
1
of
10