Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 21
A pair of small Capodimonte vases, circa 1747-52
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A pair of small Capodimonte vases, circa 1747-52
Of trumpet shape, decorated with chinoiserie elements of hedges and stylised rockwork and sprouting branches of pinetrees and chrysanthemum, 15cm high, (each with small restored chip to rim) (2)
Footnotes
For a discussion of this type of decoration on Capodimonte porcelain see Angela Caròla Perrotti, Le Porcellande de Borbone di Napoli (1986) p. 130ff. The shape of these vases can only be compared to a spectacular vase of much larger size in the Victoria and Albert Museum (also published by A. Mottola Molfino, l'Arte della Porcellana in Italia (1977) plate XXV). The shape of these vases is based on Asian examples. A cup and two saucers with a similar oro e bianco decoration depicting chinoiserie figures are in this sale, lot 41.
