Capodimonte

Lot 133. An exceptional Capodimonte porcelain tea and coffee service, circa 1750. Sold for £ 100,062 (€ 111,548). ©  Bonhams. Decorated a farfalle e insetti, after the prints by Joris Hoefnagel, 'Insects Diversae Insectarum Volatilium' published in 1630, comprising a coffee pot and cover, tea pot and cover, slop bowl, sugar bowl and cover and four teacups and saucers and one coffee cup and saucer, the coffee pot and cover: 24cm high, fleur-de-lys marks in blue enamel (small flat chip to... [Lire la suite]

A rare Capodimonte or Buen Retiro soup tureen, circa 1755-65. Photo Sotheby's applied with vine root handles and trailing fruiting vine terminals, painted in Kakiemon style with colourful flowering plants outlined in black. Quantity: 1; indistinct fleur de lys mark in blue, Wilfrid Evill Collection Label; 16cm., 6½in. high, 24cm., 9½in. wide excluding handles. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot Sold: 2,750 GBP PROVENANCE: Purchased from Spero, July 1946, for £40 NOTE: For a pair of... [Lire la suite]

A large Capodimonte dish, circa 1750.  Photo Sotheby's of deep moulded silver shape, extravagantly painted with a scene of chinoiserie figures taking tea in the elaborate bell towers and flowered grounds of a waterside pavilion, ships and an island in the distance, the rim with a broad border of similar fantasy, with chinese figures struggling manfully to bend the flowering branch border to their will, blue fleur-delys mark (some cracks and restoration); 44.5cm., 17 1/2in.... [Lire la suite]

A Capodimonte cup and saucer, circa 1750. Photo Sotheby's each piece brightly painted with moths and scattered insects within gilt formal borders, blue fleur-de-lys mark to cup (some restoration). Estimate 3,500-4,500 GBP  PROVENANCE: With Finarte, Milan, 1968  NOTE: For the butterflies and insects decoration the Capodimonte manufactory could problably rely on a collection of printed sources repertories including Joris Hoefnagel's Diversae Insectarium Volatium, published in 1630... [Lire la suite]

Two Capodimonte cups and saucers, circa 1750. Photo Sotheby's painted by Giovanni Caselli with Chinese figures in gilt robes on grassy terraces with fences, the inner rims with gilt scrollwork. Estimate 12,000-18,000 GBP NOTE: The perfect technique and the high quality of the miniature paintings support the attribution to Giovanni Caselli. For a similar cup with two figures standing before an obelisk see A. Caròla- Perrotti, op. cit., Naples, 1986, N.23, and A. Mottola Molfino, op. cit., pl.... [Lire la suite]

A Capodimonte coffee cup and saucer, circa 1750. Photo Sotheby's each piece painted in strong enamels with a single flowering plant in 'famille verte' style, fleur-de-lys marks in blue. Estimate 3,000-5,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Christie's Rome, 24 April 1991, lot 352 NOTE: For a similar cup and saucer painted "a fiori coreani" see A. Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit., Naples, 1986, n.6, p.66. Sotheby's. The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla, Londres | 14 mars 2012

A Capodimonte white  cup and saucer, circa 1750. Photo Sotheby's each applied in blanc-de-chine style with flowering prunus branches, the cup with an angular handle, blue fleur-de-lys marks. Estimate 800-1,200 GBP PROVENANCE: With Finarte, Milan, 1969 NOTE: For a similar model, see A .Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit. , Naples, 1986, n. 18, p.72. Sotheby's. The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla, Londres | 14 mars 2012

A Doccia white-glazed reticulated jar. Circa 1745-47. photo Bonhams The ovoid form with waisted neck, pierced around the sides with a wide band of moulded flowers and leaves including roses and narcissi, above a waisted foot with grooved bands, 10.7cm high (some losses to the relief moulding) - Sold for £3,840 Provenance: The Crane Collection. Based on the earlier Chinese or Meissen prototypes, pierced decoration of the style on the present lot is considered to be early in the Doccia factory's production. For a pierced... [Lire la suite]