Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 140*
A Capodimonte figure of a milkmaid from the 'Voci di Napoli' series, circa 1750
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,375 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Capodimonte figure of a milkmaid from the 'Voci di Napoli' series, circa 1750
Modelled by Giuseppe Gricci, wearing a green bonnet and gilt-edged yellow dress with manganese border and gilt bow, holding a silvered pail with an urn and silvered cover at her feet, 18cm high (restoration to bonnet)
Footnotes
Provenance:
European Private Collection since the 1980s
A similar figure is in the Duca di Martina Museum in Naples, published by A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 131, col. pl. XLIb. Another example was sold in these Rooms from the Fiordalisi collection, 7 December 2017, lot 32.
