A CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) CHOCOLATE OR COFFEE-CUP

CIRCA 1750, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK

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A CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) CHOCOLATE OR COFFEE-CUP
CIRCA 1750, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK
Painted and gilt with stems of exotic stylised flowers and scattered insects, the interior rim with a band of gilt scrollwork and palmettes, gilt angular handle (some wear to gilding)

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Lot Essay

See Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Exhibition Catalogue, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806, Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, December 1986 - April 1987, Naples, 1986, p. 66, no. 6, where this style of decoration is described as a fiori coreani.

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