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A Neapolitan biscuit porcelain group of Niobe and her daughter early 19th century
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- 25cm.;10in. high
after the Antique, the distraught woman attempting to shield the young girl with her arm and cloak ( minor damage)
Catalogue Note
This group is based on the antique original Niobe and her Daughters, excavated in Rome in 1523 and installed in the Uffizi in Florence by circa 1770. For the Tagliolini version, see Angela Carola-Perotti Le Porcellane Dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806, no. 440, p. 494