Lot Essay
Similar busts in the Victoria & Albert Museum are illustrated by Angela Carola Perrotti, op. cit. (Naples 1986), no. 512.
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CIRCA 1775-80, HE WITH GREEN CROWNED FRF MONOGRAM TO REVERSE
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Two Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) miniature busts
Circa 1775-80, he with green crowned FRF monogram to reverse
The negress with a richly jewelled striped turban tied at the back and a fur-lined blue cloak, the mustachioed Turk with a jewelled turban with a fur-lined blue cloak over a green striped shirt, each on waisted socles on square plinths (socles, plinths and her feather replacements, chipping to turbans, he with chip to back at right shoulder, minute wear to enamels)
She 55/8 in. (14.3 cm.) and he 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high overall (2)
Circa 1775-80, he with green crowned FRF monogram to reverse
The negress with a richly jewelled striped turban tied at the back and a fur-lined blue cloak, the mustachioed Turk with a jewelled turban with a fur-lined blue cloak over a green striped shirt, each on waisted socles on square plinths (socles, plinths and her feather replacements, chipping to turbans, he with chip to back at right shoulder, minute wear to enamels)
She 55/8 in. (14.3 cm.) and he 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high overall (2)
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