The Property of the Marquess of Lothian
A Sèvres biscuit figure group 'La Fée Urgèle' or 'Ce Qui Plaît aux Dames', circa 1767-73
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January 20, 03:41 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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The Property of the Marquess of Lothian
A Sèvres biscuit figure group 'La Fée Urgèle' or 'Ce Qui Plaît aux Dames'
circa 1767-73
modelled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet, the young man in armour leaning over the seated young girl at his side, his helmet and shield leaning against a tree stump behind them, a basket of flowers at her feet, incised cursive letter B to top edge of base
20.2cm., 8in. high
Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1930, p.30, China in Storeroom; 'A similar [Bisque] group "The Lovers" 8 1/2" high'
RELATED LITERATURE
Falconet à Sèvres ou l'art de plaire 1757-1766, exh. cat., Musée National de Céramique, Sevres, 2001, p. 158;
E. Bourgeois, Le biscuit de Sèvres au XVIII° siècle, Paris, 1909, no. 299.
RELATED LITERATURE
Falconet à Sèvres ou l'art de plaire 1757-1766, exh. cat., Musée National de Céramique, Sevres, 2001, p. 158;
E. Bourgeois, Le biscuit de Sèvres au XVIII° siècle, Paris, 1909, no. 299.
La fée Urgèle, ou Ce qui plaît aux dames, [The Fairy Urgèle, or What Pleases Women] is an Opéra comique composed by Egidio Duni. The libretto by Charles-Simon Favart is based on Voltaire's Ce qui plaît aux dames and Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale. It was first performed to the French court at the Théâtre Royal de la Cour at Château de Fontainebleau on 26th October 1765.