COUPLE OF GINORI HARPIES, DOCCIA, MANIFATTURA GINORI, 1750-1760 in achromatic porcelain, made as bases for other objects were sometimes intended to be mounted in metal, as for example in the case of a silver candy dish preserved at Villa Cagnola in Gazzada; 6.3x8.4x4 cm and 6.2x8x3.7 cm A PAIR OF GINORI HARPIES, DOCCIA, 1750-1760 Bibliography for comparison G. Morazzoni, S. Levy, Le porcellane italiane, Milan 1960, table 270; L. Melegati in AA.VV., La Collezione Cagnola, Le Arti Decorative, Busto Arsizio 1999, n. 284 "RTF to HTML .Net".

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