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111 - French School, second half of the 19th century
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French School, second half of the 19th century Pair of large biscuit porcelain groups with an ochre patina imitating terracotta, depicting two draped women supporting a vase adorned with dolphin heads, drapery, palmettes, and reeds in relief Height: 135 cm Sits on painted wooden bases Total height: 215 cm (Damage and restorations) Pair of sculptures representing springs, biscuit porcelain sculptures coated with a wash, French School, second half of the 19th century H.: 84.64 in. Provenance: Arthur Veil Picard Collection (1854–1844), in the grand hall of the family mansion at 63 rue de Courcelles (Fig. 1) until its demolition in the 1970s; Then passed down through the family; Private collection, Europe Bibliography: related: Rosalind Savill, *Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain*, The Wallace Collection, 1988, vol. 1, pp. 271–272 Rosalind Savill, *Brittle Beauty*, 2023, p. 448 French School of the second half of the 19th century
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