Napoli, periodo Carlo III

Cup with mixed-linear handle in white porcelain with gold profiles

h cm 6; diam. cm 8

bell shape, polychrome decoration with genre scene with two figures in a country landscape

Brand on the Blue Lily on the bottom

This lot best documents the production of the Royal Manufactory of Capodimonte Porcelains: this is confirmed by the mark, a blue lily, painted under the cup.

The famous factory was commissioned by Charles III of Bourbon and contributed to the cultural updating and economic progress of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Comparative bibliography: C. Rollo, European Porcelains of the Eighteenth Century, Florence 1967, pp. 251-259.

A. Mottola Molfino, The Art of Porcelain in Italy. II. Piedmont, Rome and Naples, Busto Arsizio 1977, pp. 69-77, figs. 122-129.

S. Ferrari, Italian Porcelains of the Eighteenth Century, Milan 1982, pp. 50-56.

S. Musella Guida, The Porcelains of the Bourbons of Naples. Capodimonte and the Royal Ferdinand Factory 1743-1806, exhibition catalogue (Naples, National Archaeological Museum, 19 December 1986-30 April 1987), Milan 1986, pp. 246-247 n.

A. Pacia, The porcelains of Capodimonte and of the Royal Ferdinand Factory in At the table with the count. European porcelains from the Tadini collection, exhibition catalogue (Lovere, Atelier del Tadini, Lovere, Atelier del Tadini, 22 May – 28 August 2011), Lovere 2011, pp. 80-95 and entry III.1.

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