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Purchased by Wolfers from the Paris 1925 exhibition.
Details
A PORCELAIN BOWL
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, EXECUTED BY RICHARD GINORI, CIRCA 1925
Decorated with a stylised landscape with galleons and a hilltop town, the interior with painted ribs radiating from the centre, printed gilt mark Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia, underglaze mark Ginori.
5 2/3in. (14.5cm.) diameter
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, EXECUTED BY RICHARD GINORI, CIRCA 1925
Decorated with a stylised landscape with galleons and a hilltop town, the interior with painted ribs radiating from the centre, printed gilt mark Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia, underglaze mark Ginori.
5 2/3in. (14.5cm.) diameter
Provenance
Marcel Wolfers, thence by descent.
Exhibited
Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1925
Exposition l'Art Deco en Europe, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1989, Cat. No.I 16 (illustrated)
Exposition l'Art Deco en Europe, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 1989, Cat. No.I 16 (illustrated)