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Box or sugar bowl in Italian polychrome porcelain, most likely Capodimonte (or Doccia), with rich decoration of scenes inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses*, with numerous gods and goddesses accompanied by children and animals on the body, lid decorated with the Triumph of Bacchus as well as the Chariot of Venus, from the 19th century.
This box is in good condition, superb quality. Signed with gold leaf on the bottom.
Please note: minor enamel defects, slight wear and tear, see photos.
* Ovid's Metamorphoses:
Ovid wrote his Metamorphoses around the beginning of our era. Drawing on traditional Greek and Roman legends, Ovid recounts in fifteen songs or books (representing more than twelve thousand verses), a collection of short stories about the metamorphoses of gods, goddesses, heroes, and mere mortals. The illustrated editions of the Metamorphoses (in 1471 in Italy, in 1553 in France) contributed to the influence and success of the text.
