Théodore RIVIÈRE (Toulouse 1857 - Paris 1912) et Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres "Phryné" Bisque sculpture. Signed "Théodore Rivière", oval factory stamp, "T" mark and dated 1900. Height: 34 cm A "Phryné" bisque porcelain sculpture from a 1909 Manufacture National de Sèvre edition of the design created by Théodore Rivière. Signed "Théodore Rivière". H : 13,38 inch Museography : A model in ivory and onyx is in the Collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims under inventory reference 907.19.409.

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