Royal and Noble

Royal and Noble

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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

Auction Closed

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.