'Danseuse au cothurne' from the table decoration 'Le Jeu de l'Echarpe', 1898 – Agathon Léonard

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Agathon Léonard
'Danseuse au cothurne' from the table decoration 'Le Jeu de l'Echarpe', 1898

H. 30 cm. Made by Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. Bisque porcelain. Hem marked: SEVRES JR, S19(...) DN (embossed, indistinct). Bottom: No. 20 (embossed).

According to Böstge/Heran, 272 examples of this model in both sizes were produced between 1901 and 1936. The entire centerpiece in bisque porcelain was presented by the Sèvres porcelain factory at the 1900 Paris World Fair.

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Hammer Price: 4,700 €

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24. May 2023 at 6:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Duncan, The Paris Salons, vol. IV, Woodbridge 1998, p. 393 f.; Böstge/Héran, Agathon Léonard Le geste Art Nouveau, Paris 2003, pp. 49-75, esp. p. 51.

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Agathon Léonard'Danseuse au cothurne' from the table decoration 'Le Jeu de l'Echarpe', 1898

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Agathon Léonard
'Danseuse au cothurne' from the table decoration 'Le Jeu de l'Echarpe', 1898