Offered by Antiquités Bastian
A hard paste porcelain biscuit statuette made by the Manufacture de Sèvres presenting actor Eustache Pointu. The latter was a famous figure of French comic theater of the eighteenth century.
Mark on the base "LR 13" attributed to Josse-François-Joseph Le Riche (1741-1812), pupil of Falconet, head of sculpture workshop from 1780 to 1801 at the then Royal Manufacture of Sèvres.
around 1770-1780
State of conservation: restoration to the chair back, one sleeve and one hand, missing the cane