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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

Lot 38
11.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1530053
Lot 38 | GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Pesce, Model No. 426s, circa 1924-1925
manufactured by Richard-Ginori, Florence, Italy
partially gilt porcelain
6 ½ x 10 7/8 x 3 in. (16.5 x 27.5 x 7.5 cm)
with green manufacturer's mark RICHARD GINORI, MADE IN ITALY 9e, with gold sticker RICHARD-GINORI PITTORIA DI DOCCIA and with painter's signature




Literature

G. Marangoni, Le arti del fuoco: ceramica-vetri-vetrate, Milan, 1927, pl. 17
F. Reggiori, "La Terza Biennale delle Arti Decorative a Monza," Architettura e Arti Decorative, Milan, fasc. VII, March 1928, p. 313
Domus, Milan, no. 10, October 1928, p. 7
L. Manna, Gio Ponti. Le maioliche, Milan, 2000, p. 31 (for a period photograph of Richard-Ginori's pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925)
V. Terraroli, Italian Art Ceramics 1900-1950, Milan, 2007, p. 12
G. Celant eds., espressioni di Gio Ponti, Milan, 2011, p. 21, no. 10
L. Frescobaldi Malenchini, M. Teresa Giovannini and O. Rucellai eds., Gio Ponti. La collezione del Museo Richard-Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia, Florence, 2015, pp. 500-501, cat. no. 447



Further details

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

This model was exhibited at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925.

This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Museo Richard-Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia, Florence (inv. no. 3314).

Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Artist:Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979)
Medium:Ceramic
Art style:Art Deco
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures, Furniture and Lamps
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