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Group

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Naples Royal Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Bucciano, Tommaso (modeller)
Place of origin
Naples (made)

Figure group of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of two boys. A boy in a black hat, green coat and breeches sits with a wind instrument in his hand while another boy, in blue and white turban-like cap, pink and white striped shirt and blue breeches, stands beside him. A lemon is in his right hand. A white base applied with green tufts.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Group
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Brief description
Figure group of soft-paste porcelain, modelled by Tommaso Bucciano, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Figure group of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of two boys. A boy in a black hat, green coat and breeches sits with a wind instrument in his hand while another boy, in blue and white turban-like cap, pink and white striped shirt and blue breeches, stands beside him. A lemon is in his right hand. A white base applied with green tufts.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Bucciano' (On the base, incised)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
Figure Group
Porcelain
On the base: 'Bucciano', incised. (For the modeller Tommaso Bucciano, employed at the Naples factory from 1773 until at least 1780.)
ITALY (NAPLES) ca. 1775
Purchased and presented by members of the English Ceramic Circle and the Oriental Ceramic Society and by many other friends at home and abroad in memory of Arthur Lane, Keeper of the Department of Ceramics 1950-1963.
C.73-1964
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the English Ceramic Circle and the Oriental Ceramic Society and by many other friends at home and abroad, in memory of Arthur Lane
Subjects depicted
Boys
Lemon (Fruit)
Musical
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.73-1964

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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