Live Auction 783820th Century Decorative Art & Design
Christie’s roundel
Lot 92

GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

AN IMPORTANT AND MONUMENTAL LE FUNI URN, 1927

Closed21 April 2010

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GBP 91,250

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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
AN IMPORTANT AND MONUMENTAL LE FUNI URN, 1927
produced by Richard Ginori, painted and glazed earthenware, with applied handles (old damages)
18 7/8 in. (48 cm.) high; 16 1/8 in. (40.5 cm.) approx. diameter
painted signature Gio Ponti 1927 to rim, underside with painted Ginori, 985, Made in Italy, and with remnants of paper label 985/214...

Private Collection, Italy, Private Collection, Canada; thence by descent

Specialist note

Gio Ponti conceived this décor specifically for this vase form in the summer of 1926, and in a letter dated 13th August 1926 he noted, ...having approved on the 4th of this month the decoration of the large vase with ropes, please arrange its execution for I could see it accomplished at the end of this month; We need to have two of these vases ready for a symmetric display at the Exhibition. Ponti is referring to the III Monza Triennale, 1927, in which a pair of vases were exhibited.
Two other examples of this design are known. One, originally in the Lauro collection, is now in a private collection in Verona, the second is in a private collection in Genoa.