A rare Capodimonte figure of 'Il Dottore perorante' (the pleading Doctor), circa 1750A rare Capodimonte figure of 'Il Dottore perorante' (the pleading Doctor), circa 1750Modelled by Giuseppe Gricci, wearing a large black hat, gilt-edged ruff collar, white costume edged in black, and holding a dagger in his right hand with the gilt scabbard worn on his left side, 15cm high (some restoration)Provenance:European Private Collection since the 1980sAnother example of this rare figure is in the Museo Filangieri in Naples, published by A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 99. The model seems to be a variation of the group 'Columbina tra il Dottore e Arlecchino' in the Museum Teatrale alla Scala, Milan.