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A Small Duke Du Villeroy Figure of a Seated Magot
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This item is no longer available
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Dates
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Circa 1748
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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France
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Description
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A rare small Duke Du Villeroy figure of a seated smiling Pagoda or Magot with one arm raised and extended, he wears yellow breeches, black slippers, and a white jacket decorated with flowers; his left arm rests on his knee.
No visible factory marks (hidden by the mount?)
Louis XV style Rococo Ormolu mount.
12cm High
9.5cm Wide
9.5cm Deep
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Condition
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Right raised arm and feet restored.
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Literature
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literature: Sothebys New York 1990 for the same Villeroy model, marked with a painted DV in blue, set in ormolu with candle holders and flowers. Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman.
For this model, see FJB Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. II, pp. 262, no. 259, where this model was attributed to Chantilly.
The attribution of this genre of figures to Villeroy, rather than Mennecy is now well accepted. It was originally based on research by Mme. Geneviève Le Duc, published and presented to the French Porcelain Society in 1987. Here it is suggested that the factory of Villeroy (1737-48) used only a tin glaze, and when pieces were marked, it was with a painted rather than an incised DV, in various colours, mostly black and blue. The continuation of this factory at Mennecy (1750- 1773) used a lead glaze, and the marks were mostly incised.
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