Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
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January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES CARRYING CUPID (LES TROIS GRACES PORTANT L'AMOUR), CIRCA 1768
after Boucher, the scantilly draped and garlanded figures kneeling and standing supporting Cupid, his quiver of arrows at their feet, on a circular base, incised B for Bachelier to the upper part of the base
24.5 cm. high, 9⅝ in.
See Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIII Siècle (Paris, 1909), Vol I, pl. 8, no. 597.