The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025

Lot 1600

A rare Cozzi teabowl, c.1770, finely painted with Pulcinello from the Commedia dell'Arte, holding a

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £4788

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Description

A rare Cozzi teabowl, c.1770, finely painted with Pulcinello from the Commedia dell'Arte, holding a toasting fork before him and carrying a basket tucked under his right arm, in traditional costume, with a hooked nose and hunched back, the reverse with a cut pear and other fruit, a mushroom to the interior, incised circular mark, 6.8cm dia.

Cf. F Stazzi, Le Porcellane di Cozzi, col. pl. XXVI.