Pair of French Bisque and Porcelain Neoclassical Statues, Artemis and Demeter

This is a finely detailed and vividly painted pair of 19th C French columnar bisque porcelain figures mounted to round, inset pedestal bases, banded with gilt.

The neo-classical figures are representations of two goddesses of classical antiquity: Artemis, goddess of the hunt, with her animal skin wrap, bow and quiver of arrows and Demeter, goddess of harvest, holding a gilded scythe and two sheaves of wheat.