Wonderful Capodimonte figurine, white porcelain sculpture, depicting a young shepherd, work of the master Auro Belcari, who signs in paste at the feet of the young man. The sculpture rests on a circular wooden base. Provided with a certificate of origin. Made in the second half of the 20th century.

Capodimonte porcelain owes its name to the homonymous hilly area of Naples, where in the first half of the 18th century King Charles of Bourbon and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony founded the Royal Factory of Capodimonte.

The porcelain produced in this area has peculiar characteristics that distinguish it from Northern European porcelain. In southern Italy, in fact, there is no kaolin; therefore the mixture is composed of a fusion of various clays from the southern quarries mixed with feldspar. The result is a soft mixture with a milky color, which will make this manufacture unique in the history of porcelain.