Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 132
An extremely rare Capodimonte green-ground beaker and saucer, circa 1750
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,937.50 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
An extremely rare Capodimonte green-ground beaker and saucer, circa 1750
Each painted by Giacomo Nani with a polychrome fish still life within a shaped, gilt-edged panel, the cartouche on the cup embellished with foliate scrolls, the saucer with a double-line cartouche, both with scattered gilt plants, rocks and insects on the green ground, the rims with double-line borders, fleur-de-lys marks in blue enamel (slight wear to gilding on edge of rim) (2)
Footnotes
Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borboni di Napoli (1986), no. 86, col. pl. XXVII
This is the only known example of Capodimonte porcelain with a green ground. The beaker appears to have originally had a handle, though it was detached before the green ground was applied.
