A pair of Sèvres biscuit figures of L'Autel de l'Amitié and L'Amour nourri par l'Esperance, circa 1772-73

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

porcelain
both 32cm., 12 5/8 in. high

the first modelled with a Nymph warming a heart from cupids torch as he sets alight his quiver of arrows over a columnar altar, the other emblematic of hope standing holding a large anchor and breast feeding cupid seated on a columnar altar, both with incised JB monogram for Bachelier at rear of base,

Catalogue Note

L'Autel de l'Amitié is illustrated by Émile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, Paris, 1914, no. 74, while another pair on plinths was offered in these rooms, 3rd March 1969, lot 102.