A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA FETE AU CHATEAU' OR 'LA FIDELITE MODELE' AND 'LA FEE URGELE' OR 'CE QUI PLAIT AUX DAMES', THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND MODEL OF 1767 ATTRIBUTED TO FALCONET UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BACHELIER

A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA FETE AU CHATEAU' OR 'LA FIDELITE MODELE' AND 'LA FEE URGELE' OR 'CE QUI PLAIT AUX DAMES'
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND MODEL OF 1767 ATTRIBUTED TO FALCONET UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BACHELIER
The first as two young lovers gazing adoringly at one another, his ribboned hat and a flower-filled vase at her feet; the second as a woman rebuffing a soldier's advances, his plumed helmet and a basket of spilled roses at her feet
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection; Christie's, New York, 21-22 March 1991, lot 144 (La Fidélité).