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ALLÉGORIE DE L'INNOCENCE
Large white porcelain cookie sculpture of a little girl sitting on a rock, looking down. Nude, she covers her face with a light sheet. Signed on the rock towards the back in cursive: "Gille Jne f/ant à Paris" Manufacture de Gille le Jeune à Paris, Second Empire period, circa 1860.
Height: 88 cm - Terrace diameter: 38 cm
(Firing defects, restorations)
The only other known version of this large cookie is in the Cragside Collection in Northumberland [NAT 1231035.2].