CLAUDE ANTOINE ROSSET (D. 1818):A PAIR OF LATE 18TH CENTURY CARVED IVORY BUSTS OF VOLTAIRE AND MONTESQUIEU
each on an associated cylindrical alabaster pedestal; Voltaire signed to the reverse 'A:ROSSET. á St. Claude', Montesquieu signed 'A: ROSSET';
8cm high, 17.5cm high overall (2)

PROVENANCE: purchased by the present owner from Christie's, London, 8 July, 2010, lot 60, £6,250.
For an almost identical pair of busts by Rosset in the Louvre, see P. Malgouyres, 'Ivoires du musée du Louvre 1480-1850, une collection inédite', Paris, 2005, nos. 51 and 51.


THIS LOT IS SUBJECT TO CITES