Lot 5: ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLAS PINEAU (1684-1754) AND DOMINIQUE PINEAU (1718-1786), FRENCH, MID-18TH CENTURY DOG ATTACKING A DUCK AMONG THE REEDS |

carved and painted wood imitating terracotta

97 x 75 cm ; 38 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.

In overall very good condition with minor chips to the high points in some places and surface dirt consistent with age and handling. This wooden group appears to have been formerly gilt. Very good carving, precise in all details.
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RELATED LITERATURE
B. Pons, Grands décors français 1650-1800, Dijon, 1995, pp. 269-282.