Lot 423
  • 423

A very rare Capodimonte or Real Fabbrica cane handle second half 18th Century

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • incised G
  • 11.5cm., 4½in.
of tau form, modelled perhaps by Giuseppe Gricci or Ambrogio di Giorgio, moulded with rocailles enclosing five vignettes of figures in landscapes in the manner of Giovanni Caselli

Provenance

Sold in these rooms 14th June 1983, lot 43 (as 'probably Capodimonte'). The model is otherwise unrecorded

Condition

very good condition
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