Italian porcelain figure, lady & child, probably Naples, c.1780

$1,450.00 AUD

Italian porcelain figure of a lady & child, she wearing a broad rim hat, the child in a long coat, on a circular grassy plinth base. Unmarked, attributed to Naples, circa 1780

Condition

thumb chipped, otherwise good.

Size

14cm

References

ref. Romano - La Porcellana di Capodimonte, p126 for a strikingly similar group. p120 has a child with the same collar, while p118 has the long coat. In Stazzi- Italian Porcelain- p84 has a man on a similar base, although enamelled in colours, while p119 has a female in a cloak which has been suggested bears Lady Emma Hamilton's features.

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