Jan 29, 2025 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / Phipps Collection / Silver / English & Continental Furniture
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Sèvres Biscuit Porcelain Figure Group, 'La Bohiemienne' or 'Le Groupe De L'Ours'
Estate / Collection: The Dalva Brothers Collection
Circa 1766-73
Modeled as a young gallant kissing the hand of a dancer as a trained bear picks his pocket, incised B for Jean Jacques Bachelier, the model by Étienne Maurice Falconet.
Height 5 inches (12.7 cm)
For a similar model, see by Émile Bourgeois, Les Biscuits de Sèvres, pl. 9, n. 114; and by Marie-Noëlle Pinot de Villechenon and Véronique Milande, Falconet à Sèvres, Paris, 2002, p. 137.
Based on a play of 1755, ‘La Bohémienne, Comédie en Deux Actes Et en Vers’ by Charles-Simon Favart. Here the pick-pocket is an actor dressed as a bear.
$600 - $900
Estate / Collection: The Dalva Brothers Collection
Circa 1766-73
Modeled as a young gallant kissing the hand of a dancer as a trained bear picks his pocket, incised B for Jean Jacques Bachelier, the model by Étienne Maurice Falconet.
Height 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Notes:
For a similar model, see by Émile Bourgeois, Les Biscuits de Sèvres, pl. 9, n. 114; and by Marie-Noëlle Pinot de Villechenon and Véronique Milande, Falconet à Sèvres, Paris, 2002, p. 137.
Based on a play of 1755, ‘La Bohémienne, Comédie en Deux Actes Et en Vers’ by Charles-Simon Favart. Here the pick-pocket is an actor dressed as a bear.
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Her raised arm restuck, that hand a restored replacement.
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Auction: Old Master Paintings / Phipps Collection / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Jan 29, 2025
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Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings and The Collection of Howard Phipps Jr., Erchless, Westbury on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10am
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Auction of English & Continental Silver and English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts on Wednesday, January 28, 2025 at 10am
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted
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We Invite You to Contact Us for a Complimentary Auction Evaluation of Your Fine Art
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 will offer 19th Century & Old Master Paintings & Drawings as well as The Collection of Howard Phipps Jr., Erchless, Westbury.
The auction onWednesday, January 29 at 10am will feature English & Continental Decorative Arts and English & Continental Silver.
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Consignments are currently being accepted. We invite you to contact us for a complimentary auction evaluation. Our Specialists are always available to discuss the sale of a single item or an entire collection.
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