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The Carlo Colli Collection of Doccia Porcelain: Part II
Lot 184
Support pour meuble en porcelaine de Doccia, vers 1750
A small Doccia furniture mount, circa 1750
A small Doccia furniture mount, circa 1750
30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€1,000 - €1,500
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Support pour meuble en porcelaine de Doccia, vers 1750
A small Doccia furniture mount, circa 1750
A small Doccia furniture mount, circa 1750
Modelled as a winged putto presumably holding a flute in his hands, the lower half of his body modelled as a scrollwork support with drapery, mounted on a modern wooden base, 20.5cm high,
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Provenance
With Costantini, Rome
Literature
Biancalana, Alessandro, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia. La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, 2023, p. 197, cat. 16.
This furniture mount, or pillar, was likely used to support a more complex structure. John Mallett has proposed that these mounts, of which the V&A has an identical model, were intended to ornament the ebony bases that supported the large-scale Doccia porcelain statues (inv. 5424A-1859).
A letter from Carlo Ginori to Gaspero Bruschi, dated 30 May, 1747 confirms the receipt of "il pilastrino col putto [the small pillar with putto]" in time for "Squarcione (the nickname of Francesco Lici) lo forma e subito gli farò fare [Francesco Lici to shape it right away]" )AGL Firenze, XII, 3, f.13, Ginori Sen. Carlo. Lettere diverse dirette al medesimo. 1747-1748, c. 86).
Other examples exist in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 1994.324.1), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv. C.3221-1928) and the Castello Sforzesco, Milan (inv. P81-84).