A Naples Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea biscuit porcelain group of Apollo and Coronis by Filippo Tagliolini, circa 1785-1790
Lot Closed
September 26, 01:18 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
modelled with Apollo standing, wearing a quiver and draped in classical fabric, above the recoiling half nude Coronis, upon an oval base
24cm, 9 ½ in. high
Il Ponte, Milan, 16 April 2014, lot 297;
Pandolfini, Milan, 3 April 2012, lot 163.
The composition captures the legend of Apollo and Coronis, in the moment when the Coronis is about to be killed by the god. This group appears on the far right of the engraving depicting the dessert of the Servizio Etrusco, commissioned by King Ferdinand IV as a gift for King George III of England in 1788. The model is listed among the “Gruppi Laterali” (side groups) by Filippo Tagliolini in 1796. At the time of the factory’s closure in 1807, only seven examples of this model were recorded in the inventory.
Related Literature
A. Caròla-Perrotti, La Porcellana della Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, Cava dei Tirreni, 1978;
Á. González-Palacios, Lo Scultore Filippo Tagliolini e la porcellana di Napoli, Turin, 1998, fig. 6.
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