Live Auction 12216The Collection of Chiara and Francesco Carraro
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Lot 17 THE COLLECTION OF FRANCESCO AND CHIARA CARRARO, VENICE

GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

'VASO DELLE DONNE DELLE ARCHITETTURE', AN IMPORTANT AND MONUMENTAL VASE, 1923-1930

Closed12 December 2016

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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
'VASO DELLE DONNE DELLE ARCHITETTURE', AN IMPORTANT AND MONUMENTAL VASE, 1923-1930
executed by Richard Ginori, polychrome earthenware
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
enameled Richard Ginori, 1036-241 E, Manifattura di Doccia, Gio Ponti, incised Italie

Edouard Demachy, Paris;
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Another example of this model was exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Industriel Modernes, Paris, 1925. Another vase of this model is in the permanent collection of the Museo di Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence.

The present vase is regarded as one of Gio Ponti's masterpieces among his ceramic designs.