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Marcello Fantoni - 1950's Italian Cubist "Cat Woman & Daughter" Lava Glaze Vase

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European Art Pottery1100 of 2115Helen of GoebelDella Robbia Pottery of Birkenhead, A vase by Gwendoline Buckler
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    Posted 9 years ago

    kiwipaul
    (117 items)

    I'm not a big fan of the Mid-Century Retro period, but this 16in high Marcello Fantoni vase spoke to me and I had to have it, probably because I have a wife and daughter, and the scene on the vase is an extraordinary portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship.

    A Cubist cat-faced woman is playing the flute to her bird-bodied, cat-faced daughter, who is dancing/about to fly on her mother's knee.

    The figures are outlined in sgraffito and filled with purple, blue, yellow, and cream glazes, surrounded by turquoise lava erupting over a black scoria-like ground.

    It's cool!

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      love this!!
    2. vetraio50 vetraio50, 9 years ago
      Fabulous FANTONI !!!!

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