A Capodimonte model of a swan, 1748-55

Modelled by Giuseppe Gricci, cleaning its right wing, on a rocky base painted with sprigs of moss, the beak, eyes and webbed feet heightened in enamels, 6.6cm high, impressed fleur-de-lys mark (minor crazing to glaze)

Two further examples are illustrated in A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 179, col. pl. XLVI, and were sold in these rooms, 2 Jul 2019, lot 131.