produced by Smalti di de Poli
enameled copper
5¹⁄₂ x 7¹⁄₂ x 4¹⁄₄ in. (14 x 19 x 10.8 cm)
incised de Poli

Wright, Chicago, 16 January 2020, lot 319
Acquired from the above by the present owner

P. de Poli and G. Ponti, De Poli: Smalti Enamels Emaux Emaile Esmaltes, Milan, 1958, n.p., fig. 38 (for a related example)
L’Arte dello Smalto Paolo De Poli, exh. cat., Comune di Padova Unione Provinciale Artgiani, Padova, 1984, p. 83 (for a related example)
L. Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, 1990, p. 179 (for a related example)
L. Falconi, Gio Ponti: Oggetti di design 1925-1970, exh. cat., Galleria Babuino Novecento, Rome, 2007, pp. 46-47, 81 (for related examples)
U. La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, pp. 314, 315 (for a sketch of a related design)
G. Celant, Espressioni di Gio Ponti, exh. cat., Triennale di Milano, Milan, 2011, pp. 10, 32 (for a related example)
A. Bassi and S. Maffioletti, eds., Paolo de Poli artigiano, impreditore, designer, Padova, 2017, pp. 192-193, 355, 412 (for related examples)
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 360-361 (for a related example)

Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.