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A Naples Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea porcelain Commedia dell’Arte scent bottle, circa 1775-80

Lot Closed

September 26, 12:43 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 EUR

Lot Details

Description

modelled as Pulcinella seated on a tortoise, wearing a gilt-edged white costume and black mask, the tip of the hat forming a stopper


8,5 cm, 3 1/4 high

Il Ponte, Milan, 16 April 2014, lot 222.

Two other examples of this model, which was made with some slight variations, are illustrated by A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806, exhibition catalogue, Naples, 1986, p. 561, cat. nos. 560a, 560b.