Saint-Cloud Porcelain
A St. Cloud Sculpture of A Hermit inside a Tree, circa 1730-40
H22.5 W16.5 D10 cm
H.8 7/8 W.6 1/2 D.3 7/8 in
H.8 7/8 W.6 1/2 D.3 7/8 in
7528
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Of soft-paste porcelain, unmarked. One other example of this model is known, sold by Adrian Sassoon in 2004.
The factory probably based the figure on an oriental porcelain piece - see Ghenete Zelleke, A Singular Saint-Cloud Figure, The French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol. I, 2003.
From the celebrated collection formed by Kenneth Galliers-Pratt from the 1930s to the 1960s.