A very rare Doccia Commedia dell'Arte group of Pantalone and Columbine circa 1760

probably modelled by Gaspero Bruschi, Pantalone wearing a mask and typical black and red costume, Columbine wearing a pale-green dress over a darker green underskirt, on a rocky base shaded in brown with a tree-stump at the rear

This model does not appear to be recorded in the literature. For a discussion of the Commedia dell'Arte figures made by the Doccia factory, see A. D'Agliano, `Commedia dell'arte at the Doccia factory', in R. Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte Carnival of Comedy Players, pp.70-73 (English transl.), and cat.nos.263-269.