CIRCA 1750-60, PUCE PAINTER'S 6· MARK TO ONE

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FOUR DOCCIA MYTHOLOGICAL SALTS OR SWEETMEAT DISHES
CIRCA 1750-60, PUCE PAINTER'S 6· MARK TO ONE
Each modelled with a triton and a nereid supporting a large shell, their arms and bifurcated tails entwined, their bodies stippled in flesh tones and their tails enriched in green, yellow and blue, one also in purple, the shells enriched in colours, one with gilding, on shaped square rockwork bases (two with slight chipping to footrims, one shell broken through and restored, three shells with chipping)
Between 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) and 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high (4)

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Lot Essay

The pierced square apertures in the centre of the bases implies that they could have been mounted in some way originally. A similar example mounted on a gilt-metal base with two glass beakers is illustrated by Francesco Stazzi, Porcellane Italiane (Milan, 1964), p. 42, fig. 28. A similar un-mounted example in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, is illustrated by A. Lane, Italian Porcelain (London, 1954), pl. 61C. A pair of large centrepieces incorporating similar tritons and nereids supporting shells are illustrated by Barone Angelo de Eisner Eisenhof, Le Porcellane di Capodimonte (Milan, 1925), pl. XII.

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