Portantina orientale

In the 18th century Naples was the capital of the kingdom ruled by the Bourbons, frequented by high foreign dignitaries. These characters have left their mark in the imagination of the clients of cribs who wanted to include them in their sets: this made the Neapolitan crib unique. In this group, two Turks carry a princess on a precious sedan chair, followed by a court dwarf, a page, an armed janissary, a greyhound and a monkey, to underline the opulence of Naples, which at the time was second only to Paris in population.

Terracotta, Silk, Glass, Silver, Wood, Sculpture

Crafted by

Ulderico Pinfildi