BY CLAUDE MICHEL, CALLED CLODION (1738-1814), PROBABLY BEFORE OR BY 1763, A TERRACOTTA VASE OF PUTTI WITH GROTESQUE HANDLES

BY CLAUDE MICHEL, CALLED CLODION (1738-1814), PROBABLY BEFORE OR BY 1763
A TERRACOTTA VASE OF PUTTI WITH GROTESQUE HANDLES
Signed CLODION on the middle rim
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high, 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) wide

Provenance

François Boucher (1703-1770), Paris, circa 1763-1771, and sold Paris, 18 February, 1771, p. 32, no. 148 [possibly].
Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) and sold, Paris, 15 November, 1775, pp. 11-12, no. 61 [possibly].
Sold Baché, Brilliant, de Cossé, Quené, et anonyme, Paris, 22 April, 1776, p. 54, no. 82 [possibly].
Louis François I, Prince de Conti (1717-1776) and sold Paris, 8 April, 1777, p. 319, no. 1270 [possibly].
‘M.***’ (Trouard), sold Paris, 22 February, 1779, p. 61, no. 303 [possibly].
‘M.***’ (Tronchin), sold Paris, 12 January, 1780, p. 51, no. 143 [possibly].
Sold Lebrun, etc., Paris, 11 December, 1780, p. 91, no. 249. [possibly].
Sold, Paris, 25 November, 1782, p. 87, no. 402 [possibly].
‘M. ***’ (Leboeuf), sold Paris, 8 April, 1783, p. 73, no. 97 [possibly].
Sold Verrier, Dubois et Clodion frères, 12 June, 1783, p. 10, no. 47 [possibly].