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VOLPATO MANUFACTURE

Estimate3 000 - 5 000
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A fine group in white porcelain bisque depicting a satyr raising a club and holding a goat, with a small cupid lying beneath the animal’s legs on an oval base.
Rome, workshop of Giovanni Volpato.
18th century, circa 1785–1793.
Height: 13 cm - Width: 18.7 cm - Depth: 14.9 cm
(Firing cracks, some damage and visible restoration at the edges)

Founded in 1785, the Roman workshop of Giovanni Volpato—an engraver and supplier of antiques to the high society of the time—specialises in producing high-quality biscuits inspired by archaeology or based on contemporary sculpture.