TWO SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LES GOURMANDS' OR 'LES BUVEURS DE LAIT' AND 'LA MARCHANDE DE MACARONS', CIRCA 1759-73, THE FIRST INCISED F FOR FALCONET, THE SECOND INCISED B FOR BACHELIER, BOTH MODELS OF 1759 BY FALCONET, LA MARCHANDE DE...

TWO SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS, 'LES GOURMANDS' OR 'LES BUVEURS DE LAIT' AND 'LA MARCHANDE DE MACARONS'
CIRCA 1759-73, THE FIRST INCISED F FOR FALCONET, THE SECOND INCISED B FOR BACHELIER, BOTH MODELS OF 1759 BY FALCONET, LA MARCHANDE DE MACARONS AFTER BOUCHER
The first modeled as a young boy drinking from a bowl of milk, his companion eager for a taste, a rabbit peaking out of the box at their feet; the second as a little boy trying to steal macarons from a little girl
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, Les Buveurs

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 May 2001, lot 296 (Les Buveurs).
The Doris and Leo Hodroff Collection; Christie's, New York, 20 May 2008, lot 205 (La Marchande).