MEASURES:
Height: 10,24 inch; Widht: 4,53 inch; Depth: 4,72 inch
CONDITIONS:
Perfect in every way.

Item description:
Polychrome hard-paste porcelain sculpture, depicting a bust of an old man with a pipe, scarf and hat, entirely hand-decorated and glazed with a third fire, signed by the artist, incised on the ceramic mixture behind the base: "callé", and under the base with a crowned "N", the trademark of the Capodimonte Di Giuseppe Cappè manufacture. This fabulous sculpture is quite large and heavy, made of very high-quality porcelain and in perfect condition. Its main beauty lies in the caricatural style in which the old man is portrayed, with a very large nose, protruding ears, two beautiful bags under his eyes and a sweetly melancholic expression.
Useful information for the evaluation of the object:
From an internet search we find that Giuseppe Cappé's sculptures are offered for sale on various online art and antiques platforms from a minimum of €400-500 for the smallest and simplest pieces up to €2,500-3,000 for the largest and rarest pieces. We have also found many pieces offered at very high prices, even over €6,000, depending, obviously, on the different point of view of each individual seller. In particular, sculptures similar to ours in terms of size and subject range from €500-600 to €1,000-1,200.
Information on artist and/or manufacturer:
Giuseppe Cappé is one of the most important figures in the Italian porcelain scene of the 1960s. Born in 1921, he trained in the Ipa and King porcelain factory in Capodimonte and in 1959 he opened the "Cappè artistic porcelains" factory where he created numerous models with two lines, a classic one with subjects taken from Greek mythology mainly in white porcelain and details in pure gold and a second line with modern subjects completely original with his own style tending towards realism, but slightly ironic almost to the point of caricature always, however, with a touch of sweetness and melancholy.

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