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A rare Vincennes group of Venus and Adonis, circa 1750-52
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Porcelain
- 21.7cm., 8 1/2 in. high
L'Heure du Berger, in the white, modelled as a reclining female figure wearing loose drapery, with a male youth sitting above her left side, upon a rockwork base, incised letter B to inside of tree trunk,
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 7th May 1979, lot 15
Literature
Comparative Literature
Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, 1991, p. 169, no. 167
Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, 1991, p. 169, no. 167
Condition
There is some old repair to the male figure's neck and to his right forearm, and to the female figure's big toe on her left foot. Some very minor chips to applied leaves. There is a hairline crack to the drapery behind the female figure, probably extending from a firing crack.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The model is probably inspired by the engraving Le repos de Diane by Jean Pelletier (1736-?) after the painting by François Boucher. For the engraving see Pierrette Jean-Richard, L'oeuvre grave de Francois Boucher dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild, 1978, pp. 350-351, no. 1454.
The factory's inventory of 1st October 1752 lists seventeen 'Groupes heures du Berger', priced at 40 livres each. The first recorded sale of this model was on the 25th January 1753 to a M. De Crillon at a cost of 120 livres, (quoted by Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, op. cit., 1991, p. 169 where the authors suggest this higher price may be because the group was mounted).
Other examples of this rare form are in the Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres (published by Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, op. cit., 1991, p. 169, no. 167); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, ob. no. EC.3-1944, previously sold at Sotheby's London, The property of a Lady, 14th July 1944, lot 28; a gilt bronze mounted example is in the V&A museum, London, mus. no. C.356-1909, gifted by Joseph Henry Fitzhenry.
The factory's inventory of 1st October 1752 lists seventeen 'Groupes heures du Berger', priced at 40 livres each. The first recorded sale of this model was on the 25th January 1753 to a M. De Crillon at a cost of 120 livres, (quoted by Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, op. cit., 1991, p. 169 where the authors suggest this higher price may be because the group was mounted).
Other examples of this rare form are in the Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres (published by Tamara Préaud and Antoine d'Albis, op. cit., 1991, p. 169, no. 167); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, ob. no. EC.3-1944, previously sold at Sotheby's London, The property of a Lady, 14th July 1944, lot 28; a gilt bronze mounted example is in the V&A museum, London, mus. no. C.356-1909, gifted by Joseph Henry Fitzhenry.