A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA LOTTERIE' OR 'LE TOURNIQUET' AND 'LA CURIOSITE' OR 'LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE', CIRCA 1757-66, BOTH WITH INCISED F FOR FALCONET, THE MODELS OF 1757 BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER

A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUPS, 'LA LOTTERIE' OR 'LE TOURNIQUET' AND 'LA CURIOSITE' OR 'LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE'
CIRCA 1757-66, BOTH WITH INCISED F FOR FALCONET, THE MODELS OF 1757 BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER
Each modeled with a young boy either operating a magic lantern for or playing games of chance with two other children, 'La Lotterie' with a hound at the base of the game stand
7 in. (17.7 cm.) wide, La Lotterie

Provenance

The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection; Christie's, New York, 21-22 March 1991, lot 125.