A Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, silver-mounted figure of Pulcinella, circa 1775-80
Modelled as a perfume bottle, wearing a black mask and white suit with a ruff heightened in gilding, 6cm high (stopper missing)
Two examples with Pulcinella seated on a tortoise were sold in these rooms, one from the Fiordalisi Collection, 7 Dec 2017, lot 43, the other from the Collezione Procida Mirabelli di Lauro, 6 July 2010, lot 61. More examples of the version with the tortoise are illustrated in Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), nos. 560a and b.
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Modelled as a perfume bottle, wearing a black mask and white suit with a ruff heightened in gilding, 6cm high (stopper missing)
Two examples with Pulcinella seated on a tortoise were sold in these rooms, one from the Fiordalisi Collection, 7 Dec 2017, lot 43, the other from the Collezione Procida Mirabelli di Lauro, 6 July 2010, lot 61. More examples of the version with the tortoise are illustrated in Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), nos. 560a and b.
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