Lot Essay
The present example is not recorded by Angela Caròla-Perrotti, although for a related example in a very similar stance see Angela Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit. (1986), pp. 198-199.
CIRCA 1750
Details
A Capodimonte (Carlo III) figure of a lady
Circa 1750
Modelled by Giuseppe Gricci, standing before a tree-stump in white headdress, red-edged white bodice tied with a blue ribbon, gilt-edged green apron, long white skirt with an iron-red hem and grey shoes, each with a gilt line, on a shaped rockwork base (part of tree behind her left shoulder lacking, hairline crack to right arm at elbow, minute graze to headdress and bottom right hand edge of apron, small extended firing crack to front of base)
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Circa 1750
Modelled by Giuseppe Gricci, standing before a tree-stump in white headdress, red-edged white bodice tied with a blue ribbon, gilt-edged green apron, long white skirt with an iron-red hem and grey shoes, each with a gilt line, on a shaped rockwork base (part of tree behind her left shoulder lacking, hairline crack to right arm at elbow, minute graze to headdress and bottom right hand edge of apron, small extended firing crack to front of base)
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
Sale room notice
In addition to the condition described in the catalogue, her right arm has been restuck.