The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1617
A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) cup, c.1785-90, the flared tin-glazed cup painted with the
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £1008
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Description
A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) cup, c.1785-90, the flared tin-glazed cup painted with the cyclops Polyphemus seated with a lute, receiving the letter from Galatea via a putto riding a dolphin, within a gilt flowerhead border and grapevine swags, titled in red to the inside rim, crowned RF monogram mark, 6.7cm high.
The painting is taken from a fresco uncovered in Herculaneum and published in Le Pitture Antiche D'Ercolano, published between 1762 and 1779. The fresco, from the 1st century, is now in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.