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Lot 204

Two Doccia figural elements, circa 1760

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,200 - £1,800

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Two Doccia figural elements, circa 1760

One a part-candlestick modelled as a boy holding a cornucopia on a right-angled group of rococo scrollwork, the other with two fauns flanked by dolphins, pierced holes for mounting, each left in the white, 19.8cm wide and 12.8cm high respectively (2)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale in these Rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 52;
Mavis Bimson Collection

Another group with similar fauns is illustrated in Klaus Lankheit, Die Modellsammlung der Porzellanmanufaktur Doccia (1982), no.240.

These figural Doccia objects often are found separated from their larger context. One spectacular example of full integration of the sculptural elements in a large table-centrepiece can be found in the Villa Cagnola, Varese, where elements such as the supporting fauns can be found in their wider context. This table-centrepiece and its elements were most recently published by Rita Balleri in Fragili Tesori dei Principi, le vie della porcellana tra Vienna e Firenze (2018), no.101, pp.260 f.

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