'LE QUATTRO STAGIONI', FOUR POLYCHROME PORCELAIN PLATES

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'LE QUATTRO STAGIONI', FOUR POLYCHROME PORCELAIN PLATES
DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI FOR THE FIRM OF RICHARD GINORI

Circular, each plate depicting one of the four seasons, spring represented by a basket of spring flowers, stamped 29=7, summer represented by crops of fruit and wheet, stamped 29=5, autumn represented by ripened grape vines, stamped 29=5, winter represented by a bushel of dried branches, stamped 28=11 2 variously painted in magenta, blue, yellow, black, brown and green, all signed Gio Ponti, and stamped RICHARD-GINORI PITTORIA DI DOCCIA, RICHARD GINORI--9in. (23cm.) diameter (4)