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. XXVI. A cup and saucer with Chinese figures in gilt robes was sold by Sotheby's in Milan, La Collezione Vivolo, Novembre 13th , 2007, Lot 206.

Sotheby's. The Collection of Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla, Londres | 14 mars 2012