VASE, SHOWER, GINORI MANUFACTURE, 1750-1755 in achromatic porcelain with greyish glaze, globular body tapering downwards and resting on a high foot, wide mouth rimmed with cording, leaf motifs in relief decorating the neck and the foot. Moulded, it bears a relief scene depicting two gods on the chariot of Cybele accompanied by Fauns and nymphs with cones, amphorae and small animals. The work, decorative in nature, was probably originally fitted with a lid; h. 21 cm, diam. 17.2 cm A GINORI VASE, DOCCIA, 1750-1755 Comparative bibliography M. Burresi (ed.), La manifattura toscana dei Ginori. Doccia 1737-1791, Pisa 1998, p. 95 n. 124, p. 176 fig. 124 "RTF to HTML .Net".

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