He walks forward, pipe in his mouth, staff on his shoulder, green hat pulled down over his eyes. Beside him, the grey donkey carries all day long: baskets overflowing with purple grapes and oranges, terracotta pitchers, a flask banded in blue. We don't know where they are going, but we know where they come from. From the market, from the orchard, from a simple and full life. This polychrome biscuit figurine group is modeled with remarkable precision and generosity of detail: the folds of the blue jacket, the texture of the donkey's coat, the individual grape berries, the bands on the flask. The polychromy is rich and soft, the matte surface of the biscuit lending a warmth to the skin tones and fabrics that glaze would not have. Oval base imitating grassy terrain. In the tradition of Mediterranean genre figurines from the 1970s-1990s, close to the spirit of Capodimonte. Base length approximately 14 cm, height approximately 18 cm. Figurine intact. On a sideboard, a shelf, a mantelpiece: this group brings the warmth of the South and the poetry of simple things to any interior.
Additional details:
- Brand: 20eSiecle
- Style: méditerranéen
- Style: Capodimonte
- Material: biscuit
- Material: terre cuite
- Colour: polychrome
- Colour: violets
- Colour: oranges
- Period: 1970s-1990s