Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 135
A pair of Capodimonte cups and saucers, circa 1750
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
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A pair of Capodimonte cups and saucers, circa 1750
Each painted by Giovanni Caselli 'a paesi neri' with finely rendered black monochrome landscape scenes, formal gilt floral borders to the rims, the handles embellished in gilding, fleur-de-lys marks in blue (4)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Aldo Pironti, Benevento (applied paper labels no. 98 and 99)
Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, LePorcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 37, col. pl. XIV
A similar cup is in the Museo Duca di Martina in Naples, published by E. Romano, La Porcellana di Capodimonte (1959), pl. 47.
