182. Statuette napolitaine, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, représentant 'Pulcinella mangiamaccheroni', circa 1790A Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, figure of 'Pulcinella mangiamaccheroni', circa 1790 Modelled by Aniello Ingaldi, wearing a black mask, pale-yellow conical hat and dotted hair-scarf, white costume and brown shoes, raising a handful of pasta to his mouth from a green basket in his left hand, on a rockwork base with tree-stump support, 14cm high, (minor chips) Provenance With Lukacs and Donath, Rome (paper label to the base) Italian private collection A biscuit example of this figure with the incised modeller's signature 'Aniello' is illustrated by Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit, no. 533; another painted example is illustrated by Angela Caròla-Perrotti, La Porcellana della Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (1978), no. 175, pl. CLVI. Another figure of this type from the Collezione Fiordalisi was sold at Bonhams New Bond Street, 7 December 2017, lot 44.