Lot Essay
Cf. Angela Caróla Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli 1743-1806 (1987), p. 165, pl. b for a similar example. See also the terracotta model example sold in these Rooms on 21 May 1968, lot 107.
The Property of a Descendant of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC
A Capodimonte (Carlo III) group of a gallant and companion
CIRCA 1755
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A Capodimonte (Carlo III) group of a gallant and companion
Circa 1755
Modelled by Guiseppe Gricci, the lady in a black bonnet and long flowing crinoline painted with flowers and with a gilt-panelled bodice and long sleeves, holding a fan and resting on her companion's arm, he in powdered wig en queue and with blue lapelled and cuffed white frock-coat, puce and purple diaper-patterned waistcoat with gilt buttons and black breeches and shoes, a black tricorn hat beneath his left arm and offering snuff to his companion, standing on a rectangular mound base (she with chips to edge of bonnet, restored through neck and cracked through dress and to lower part of dress above her shoes, part of her left hand and his right hand lacking, chips to tricorn hat and edge of jacket, cracked through back of jacket and restored)
8½in. (21.5cm.) high
Circa 1755
Modelled by Guiseppe Gricci, the lady in a black bonnet and long flowing crinoline painted with flowers and with a gilt-panelled bodice and long sleeves, holding a fan and resting on her companion's arm, he in powdered wig en queue and with blue lapelled and cuffed white frock-coat, puce and purple diaper-patterned waistcoat with gilt buttons and black breeches and shoes, a black tricorn hat beneath his left arm and offering snuff to his companion, standing on a rectangular mound base (she with chips to edge of bonnet, restored through neck and cracked through dress and to lower part of dress above her shoes, part of her left hand and his right hand lacking, chips to tricorn hat and edge of jacket, cracked through back of jacket and restored)
8½in. (21.5cm.) high