Galileo Chini ( Firenze  1873 -  1956 )

"Ad multos annos" Large "special" vase. Manufacture of L'Arte della Ceramica, Florence, 1898-1902. Polychrome glazed majolica on a creamy white background underglazed and decorated with the face of a nymph in the Pre-Raphaelite style, rose and pomegranate racemes. Bearing the inscription in blue: "AD MULTOS ANNOS - THE ART OF CERAMICS - FLORENCE". Upper rim mounted in copper with embossed whip-line ferrule. Inscribed under the base "SPECIALE 5.357" in blue and purple; graphic symbol of the manufacturer with pomegranate and blue writing "ADC - FLORENCE". (h 66 cm.) (slight defects)   Literature for similar specimens and decorations:   Galileo Chini, Ceramiche tra Liberty e Déco, a cura di C. Casali e V. Terraroli, Gangemi, Roma 2022, pp. 114-117, 135

Estimate € 5,000 - 7,000

Sold € 20,000