A NAPLES (FERDINANDO IV) SCENT-BOTTLE formed as a masked Pierrot in a tall white hat, black mask and gilt and white clothes, crouched with his trousers down on a turquoise tortoise (crack to his left arm and extending down left side, very minor rubbing to gilding, chip beneath mount at back), circa 1790, later metal mount and stopper | Christie's

Lot 93

A NAPLES (FERDINANDO IV) SCENT-BOTTLE formed as a masked Pierrot in a tall white hat, black mask and gilt and white clothes, crouched with his trousers down on a turquoise tortoise (crack to his left arm and extending down left side, very minor rubbing to gilding, chip beneath mount at back), circa 1790, later metal mount and stopper

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A NAPLES (FERDINANDO IV) SCENT-BOTTLE formed as a masked Pierrot in a tall white hat, black mask and gilt and white clothes, crouched with his trousers down on a turquoise tortoise (crack to his left arm and extending down left side, very minor rubbing to gilding, chip beneath mount at back), circa 1790, later metal mount and stopper
10cm. high

Lot Essay

For two variant examples of this model see A. Carola, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, nos. 560a/b

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