Female bust – Ars Pulchra
Earthenware bust depicting a female face with a hieratic bearing, half-closed eyes, heavy makeup, and a stylized hairstyle in Deco taste. The long, slender neck joins a shaped base suggesting a shoulder wrapped in soft drapery.
Underglaze polychrome decoration in flesh tones, black, and orange.
Turin; 1930s.
Manufacturer: Ars Pulchra
Period: 1939-42
Author: Mario Costanzo
Dimensions: h 25.5 x 15.5 x 8.5 cm
