Busts

An exceptional example of a fine pair of chisel cast authentic French Sevres Patinated Bronze Figures in very dark brown patination. Last quarter of the 19th century. The standing male and female winged cherubs in period dress leaning beside a tree trunk on a naturalistic bronze base. The exquisite circular red Belgian rouge griotte marble bases are original to both pieces. Clodion popularized this subject and created a number of variations of the theme. Condition: Superb untouched condition with exceptional patination, both signed SEVRES, Bases marked amour a la FLECHE and PSYCHE Musee de Sevres...

Bust depicting Marie Antoinette, made in Sevres ceramic in the 1940s Ø cm 25 Ø cm 13 h cm 49 Sèvres pottery is one of the most famous ceramic manufacturers in all of Europe, born in France in the 18th century. From the beginning, the production stood out for its elegant, refined and graceful shapes, characterized by the colour Sevres Blue, then combining other colors such as turquoise blue and Persian green. Originally the manufactory produced soft porcelain, but from the 1760s it began to produce hard porcelain. In the early 1800s we see the chromatic production enriched, adding its most precious color, loro brilliant. These ceramics were requested by the greatest European aristocracies who wanted table centrepieces, vases, statuettes and small sculptures. Over time the production changed subjects, passing from allegories and mythological subjects of the Baroque, to themes of Greco-Roman antiquity, the taste for Egyptian art and ornaments on a gold background looking towards neo-classicism. Very famous are the biscuits, delicate figurines left without enamel to distinguish them from German polychrome...

A pair of French biscuit porcelain busts of Napoleon and Josephine Each titled impressed uppercase Napoléon and Joséphine, Manufacture Impériale...