A pair of Doccia porcelain two-handled fruit coolers and covers, circa 1760
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of cylindrical form, painted in enamels and gilding with Asiatic exotic flowering branches and scattered sprigs, the shell and scroll handles heightened in iron-red, blue and purple, the domed covers similarly decorated within purple line borders, the finials with gilt-dash ornament
22 cm, 8 ¾ in. and 23 cm, 9 ⅛ in. high
Christie's, London, 24 March 1969, lot 130;
Christie’s, London, 29 November 2011, lot 58.
This cylindrical vessel form with domed cover is referred to in the archives at Doccia as 'vaso da rinfrescare' or 'rinfrescatoio' and was probably used to cool fresh fruit. A more common variant of this shape, with foliate scroll handles rather than shell handles, is illustrated and discussed by A. Biancalana, Porcellane Ginori a Doccia, La stanza delle meraviglie di casa Colli, Milan, 2023, pp. 454-455, no. 108.
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