Details
A POTTERY VASE
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI FOR RICHARD GINORI, CIRCA 1930
of flattened oval form with short foot, painted in shades of brown with stylised design of young woman riding bare-back on rearing horse, holding aloft a horn with dog barking at her feet, the reverse decorated with stylised leafy tree, painted marks 'Ginori, 1030-365, Gio Ponti, Made in Italy' (minor chip to toprim)
13 1/2in. (34.2cm.) high
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI FOR RICHARD GINORI, CIRCA 1930
of flattened oval form with short foot, painted in shades of brown with stylised design of young woman riding bare-back on rearing horse, holding aloft a horn with dog barking at her feet, the reverse decorated with stylised leafy tree, painted marks 'Ginori, 1030-365, Gio Ponti, Made in Italy' (minor chip to toprim)
13 1/2in. (34.2cm.) high
Literature
C.f. Angela Carola-Perrotti/Ciro Ruju, Ceramiche del Museo Artistico Industriale di Napoli 1920-1950, 1985, p.51, No.3 for an illustration of a very similar design.