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The Carlo Colli Collection of Doccia Porcelain: Part II
Lot 169
Statuette en porcelaine de Doccia représentant le Docteur, vers 1748
A Doccia white figure of the Doctor, circa 1748
A Doccia white figure of the Doctor, circa 1748
30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €24,320 inc. premium
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Statuette en porcelaine de Doccia représentant le Docteur, vers 1748
A Doccia white figure of the Doctor, circa 1748
A Doccia white figure of the Doctor, circa 1748
Modelled in the white by Gaspero Bruschi, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, tunic and cloak, with a book in his left hand and his right arm outstretched, mounted on a giltwood base, 23cm high,
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Biancalana, Alessandro, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia. La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, 2023, pp. 176-178, cat. 9.
Likely made by the chief modeller of the Doccia factory, Gaspero Bruschi, the figure of the Doctor, or "Dottore" from the Italian Comedy, was a caricature of a learned yet foolish man from Bologna, the historic heart of university learning in Italy. According to Andreina d'Agliano, Bruschi based his model on the engraving "Il Dottor Scatalon Bolognese" by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) (see the chapter on Doccia porcelain in Jansen, Reinhard (ed.), Commedia dell'arte : Fest der Komödianten : Keramische Kostbarkeiten den Museen der Welt, 2001).
A smaller, painted version of the Doctor is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. C.177-1931).
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