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The Carlo Colli Collection of Doccia Porcelain: Part II
Lot 170
Statuette en porcelaine de Doccia représentant Arlequin ou Brighella, vers 1748
A Doccia white figure of Harlequin or Brighella, circa 1748
A Doccia white figure of Harlequin or Brighella, circa 1748
30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €23,040 inc. premium
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Statuette en porcelaine de Doccia représentant Arlequin ou Brighella, vers 1748
A Doccia white figure of Harlequin or Brighella, circa 1748
A Doccia white figure of Harlequin or Brighella, circa 1748
Modelled in the white, wearing a cocked hat, mask, bow-tied tunic with lozenge pattern, the left arm bent, carrying a slapstick in his right hand, mounted on a giltwood base, 22cm high (inc. base), (chipped fingers)
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Biancalana, Alessandro, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia. La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, 2023, pp. 179-181, cat. 10
A letter from Lorenzo Ginori from 1757 lists "1 Brighella di Commedia Italiana bianco di 9 Soldi di altezza non perfetto [1 white Brighella from the Italian Comedy, 9 Soldi in height, not perfect]" (AGL Firenze, XIII, 1, f.1, Lorenzo Ginori. Lettere diverse dirette al medesimo. 1757-1761, cc. 160-162). The print source is likely to be the engraving La Révéranse d'Arlequin by Claude Gillot (1673-1722), published in 1734 by Anne-Claude-Philippe de Caylus (illustrated).
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