Anon. sale, Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 2000, lot 138. Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
A. Ramié, Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947-1971, Paris, 1988, p. 72, no. 125 (another example illustrated in color).
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