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A pair of rare Capodimonte candlesticks
Estimate
12.000 - 16.000
Session 1
26 October 2026
Description
Model by Giuseppe Gricci (c. 1700-1770)
Polychrome porcelain, each depicting a recumbent horse beside a tree trunk, with modelled foliage decoration
With "fleur-de-lis" marks in underglaze blue
Royal Manufactory of Capodimonte, Naples, c. 1750
(minor restorations and losses)
12,5 cm e 13 cm (Heightra)
Additional Information
Provenance:
Dott. Guido Rossi, Milan (until 1960, labels to the base)
Fiordalisi Collection
Exhibitions:
"Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli: Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806", Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, 1986-87
Literature:
Morazzoni, Giuseppe. Le porcellane italiane, vol. II. Milan: Görlich, 1960, pl. XXVIII
Caròla-Perrotti, Angela. Le porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli: Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, 1743–1806. Naples: Guida, 1986, pl. LIII (IV).
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