Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 34
A rare Capodimonte tobacco jar and cover, circa 1750
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A rare Capodimonte tobacco jar and cover, circa 1750
Decorated a figuri grandi with a continuous scene of figures in a naturalistic partially wooded landscape, one man holding up a treat for his dog, the dog charging towards another dog restrained by another seated man, 13.5cm high overall, traces of a fleur-de-lys mark in blue enamel (restored, handle to the rear missing) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
With Aldo Pironti, Benevento (paper label to the base);
Italian Private Collection
The origins of the denomination a figure grandi is discussed by A. Caròla-Perrotti (1986) I.4. The decoration is similar to that on a bowl in the Museo Duca di Martina, Villa Floridiana in Naples (see: Caròla-Perrotti op.cit. 50a). The decoration on this bowl is linked to prints after the work by Nicholaes Berchem, it is likely that the source for this pot can be found in a print after a Dutch Old Master, especially in view of the 17th century headgear of a beret with plume.
