Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
THREE SEVRES WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES, CIRCA 1772
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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
THREE SEVRES WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURES, CIRCA 1772
modelled by La Riche after François-Joseph Duret as la Cantatrice Du Barry, la Cantatrice à La Fraise and a figure of le joueur de luth
22.2 cm. to 23.5 cm. high, 8¾ in. to 9¼ in.
(3)
Inventory, April 1830, probably three of 'biscuit Group of Four Figures' in the Venus Room;
Inventory, 27th June 1836, probably three of 'Four biscuit figures two male and two female' in the Drawing Room and amended in manuscript in 1855 to 'Three'.
See Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIII Siècle (Paris, 1909), Vol I, pl. 16, nos. 122 and 123.