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The Carlo Colli Collection of Doccia Porcelain: Part II
Lot 162
Tasse de thé ou chocolat (chicchera) en porcelaine de Doccia, vers 1740-45
A Doccia chinoiserie coffee or chocolate cup (chicchera), circa 1740-45
A Doccia chinoiserie coffee or chocolate cup (chicchera), circa 1740-45
30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€4,000 - €6,000
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Tasse de thé ou chocolat (chicchera) en porcelaine de Doccia, vers 1740-45
A Doccia chinoiserie coffee or chocolate cup (chicchera), circa 1740-45
A Doccia chinoiserie coffee or chocolate cup (chicchera), circa 1740-45
Of tapered form, decorated with two chinoiserie scenes framed in iron-red, 6.3cm high,
Footnotes
Provenance
Collection of Pasquale Vivolo, Forte dei Marmi, sold at Sothebys Milan, 13 November 2007, lot 147
Literature
Biancalana, Alessandro, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia. La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, 2023, pp. 355-358, cat. 78
This cup recalls chinoiserie scenes depicted by Johann Gregorius Heroldt on Meissen porcelain during the 1720s, that painters at Doccia might have seen in real life in the Grand Ducal porcelain collections. The ability to copy designs used on Meissen led to the flourishing of the "alla Sassone" style at Doccia. Biancalana (op. cit, p. 358) makes an attribution to Anton Anreiter (active from 1742), the eldest son of Carl Wendelin, on the basis of the pictorial style that suggests a young hand.
A similar example is in the Lokar collection, published in Andreina d'Agliano, Porcellane italiane nella collezione Lokar, 2013, p. 177, cat. 81).