Two Capodimonte satiricial figures, circa 1750, later decoratedThe first hunch-backed figure depicting Bernado Tanucci, holding a mirror in his left hand ans adjusting his wig, seated on a rocky mound on a flat base; the second depicting a seated lady wearing a large bonnet, holding an open book in her right hand and books and papers in the left, on a raised rockwork base, both later-decorated in polychrome enamels, 12.5cm and 14.5cm high (some restoration) (2)注脚An undecorated example of the figure of Bernado Tanucci - a minister of Charles III of Naples form 1734 - is in the Museo di San Martino in Naples, published by A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 207. Another unpainted example on a higher base that matches that of the woman is illustrated by Caròla-Perrotti, ill. 207b.