A FRENCH FAIENCE PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XV
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON
A FRENCH FAIENCE PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XV

CIRCA 1745-55, PROBABLY LUNEVILLE OR PONT-AUX-CHOUX

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A FRENCH FAIENCE PORTRAIT BUST OF LOUIS XV
CIRCA 1745-55, PROBABLY LUNEVILLE OR PONT-AUX-CHOUX
The King modeled with his head slightly turned, drapery about his shoulders, a lion and shield at the base of his pedestal
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high

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For a discussion of this model, created in 1747, see C. Maire, Histoire de la faïence fine Française 1743-1843, Le triomphe des terres blanches, Sèvres, 2008, pp. 106-9. For another of this model, see Sotheby's, Paris, 18-19 March 2015, lot 21. Also compare the similar examples made by Chantilly and Mennecy at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (65.2014) and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (84.DE.46), respectively.

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