Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 35
A rare Capodimonte sugar bowl and cover, circa 1750
Amended
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A rare Capodimonte sugar bowl and cover, circa 1750
Decorated a natura morta by Giovanni Caselli with scenes of native Neapolitan fruit including typical lemon-like 'cedri', grapes and cherries on a naturalistic grassy base surrounded by clouds, the cover with elaborate gilt strapwork borders picked out with floral elements in Kakiemon style, the moulded fruit finial picked out in gold, 9cm high, fleur-de-lys mark in blue enamel, paper sale label (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's King Street, 4 December 1978, lot 34;
Italian Private Collection
For a cup and saucer most likely from the same service, see the following lot. Another related cup and saucer with the same elaborately-decorated gilt strapwork is illustrated by A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), p.111, no. 54, where the author attributes the painting to Caselli, but leaves the possibility open that it was painted by Salvatore Rosa due to the broken branch in the background, which is traditionally associated with Rosa.
Saleroom notices
Please note that in the printed catalogue only, the photographs of lots 35 and 36 are wrongly numbered.
