Statuette napolitaine, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, représentant Pantalone, circa 1790

A Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, figure of Pantalone, circa 1790

Modelled likely by Aniello Ignaldi, standing with one hand behind his back and one hand on his side, wearing a black mas, white soft hat, black long cloak, red sash with a dagger and stockings and yellow shoes, 15.5cm high, (the tip of his beard is restuck with small area of overpainting to repair)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Italian Private Collection

Two different Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea models of Pantalone have been published by A. Caròla-Perrotti, La Porcellane della Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (1978), nos. 176-178, pl. CLVIII. No. 177 is signed to the base 'Aniello' for Aniello Ingaldi, who seems the most likely modeller also for the group where Pantalone holds his left hand to his beard, of which an example from the Collezione Fiordalisi was sold at Bonhams in London, 6 December 2017, lot 40.

There is some overpainting around the middle of his beard (visible under UV), so the tip of the beard is probably restuck.
There is a small flat chip to the edge of the base at the rear.
Otherwise in good condition.