Ovoid Vase – Michele Cascella for Richard Ginori

Ovoid vase – Michele Cascella for Richard Ginori Ovoid-shaped majolica vase with the upper edge sloping inwards, hand-painted under transparent glaze with a seabed scene featuring a seahorse, fish, and algae, painted with quick and fluid brushstrokes, in successive glazes. The watery background is created with circular modulations of blues and light blues; the marine elements are outlined with synthetic strokes in brown and yellow. The mouth is bordered by an ultramarine blue band. Unique piece, with decoration entirely executed by the author, the result of a rare contribution by Michele Cascella to the art ceramics produced by the Richard Ginori factory. The pictorial treatment and the gestural freedom of the intervention confirm the non-serial nature of the artifact. Michele Cascella's collaboration with the Richard-Ginori Ceramic Society is documented in 1936, as evidenced by the majolica plates and tiles from the Civic Collections of the Sforza Castle in Milan, marked "Richard-Ginori" and signed "M. Cascella '36", as well as by the related ICCD (Central Institute for Cataloging and Documentation) sheet and by V. Dell'Orto's essay on the Augusto Richard Foundation. Manufacture: Richard Ginori Period: circa 1936 Author: Michele Cascella Dimensions: H 29 cm; diam 25 cm