produced by Richard-Ginori, Italy
polychrome porcelain
4¹⁄₄ in. (10.8 cm) high, 8³⁄₈ in. (21.3 cm) diameter
signed and dated Gio Ponti 1925 with green porcelain manufacturer's mark RICHARD GINORI 26 = 10 and MADE IN ITALY and producer's mark Richard-Ginori Pittoria Di Doccia 1925

Sam Kaufman Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2012

Gio Ponti: Cermaiche 1923-1930, exh. cat., Le opera del Museo Ginori di Doccia, Florence, 1983, pp. 59; 135, no. 249
D. Matteoni, ed., Gio Ponti: il fascino della ceramica / fascination for ceramics, Spazio Eventi, Grattacielo Pirelli, Milan, 2011, pp. 35 (for a period photograph), 101-103
G. Celant, Espressioni di Gio Ponti, exh. cat., Triennale di Milano, Milan, 2011, p. 19, no. 6
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, p. 50 (for a period photograph)

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From 1923-1933, Gio Ponti was the artistic director at the Richard-Ginori ceramic factory (presently known as Ginori 1735). The present model was displayed in the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris where Gio Ponti won the Grand Prix in the ceramics category.