Lot Essay
Gio Ponti initiated a collaboration with Nino Ferrari's atelier in Brescia on the occasion of the V Milan Triennale in 1933, where an example of this design was exhibited.
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A pair of vases, designed 1933
Details
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
A pair of vases, designed 1933
manufactured by Nino Ferrari, Brescia, Italy, pewter
each 10 ¼ in. high (26 cm.)
each stamped Nino Ferrari to underside
A pair of vases, designed 1933
manufactured by Nino Ferrari, Brescia, Italy, pewter
each 10 ¼ in. high (26 cm.)
each stamped Nino Ferrari to underside
Provenance
Phillips New York, 14 December 2011, lot 238;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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