An oval fluted porcelain bowl, with a cover featuring an intricate figurative sculptural finial. The bowl is white, with a beaded foot in pastel green and yellow, and a deep rose band around the base. The cover is decorated with a ridged rim, repeating the same colors of the base, surmounted by a sculptural finial presenting two mirrored figures, a male and female, in a theatrical posture that reminds of traditional folk dances. The dancers are delicately painted in the same pastel colors, and additionally orange and light blue for the costumes, and black for the hair, shoes and details of the stylized facial features. Behind the dancing couple, entwined by drapery, is an oversized, stylized rinceau motif, a botanically inspired wavy decoration that creates a playful background for the traditionally themed dancers.

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Object Timeline

	We acquired this object.
1925	Work on this object began.
2017	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Object ID #907130455

This is a covered dish. It was designed by Gio Ponti. It is dated 1925. Its medium is porcelain.

The updated neoclassical designs of Gio Ponti revolutionized the look of the Richard-Ginori firm during his time as its chief designer, from 1923 to 1930. His whimsical forms and irreverent decoration helped propel the Italian ceramic factory to a first prize at the 1925 Paris Exposition.

It is credited Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 87.58.

Geometria Bowl
painted and glazed porcelain.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.
1968-146-1

Striped bowl made out of slip-cast porcelain. The stripes are formed with white bands and orange lines that feather to the side. It features a colorful scene with a collage of images. These include: half-circles resembling mountains, castle with blue battlements, church with a pink roof and green steeple, yellow shooting star, orange clouds, and a walking character depicted larger than the other elements. The traveling character wears green clothing and a large-brimmed hat. The character is in a walking motion with one foot in front of the other and is holding a gray stick. The inner portion of the bowl is also striped but now with two colors - orange and pink with a feathering effect to the side.

Il Pellegrino di Montesanto Bowl
glazed slip-cast porcelain.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.
1968-146-2

Plate (Italy)
glazed and gilt porcelain.
Gift of the Estate of Edgar Sachs, from the Collection of Hilda G. and Edgar....
2008-42-15

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

A transparent blue blown glass vase of slightly everted form, with a wide lip and small disc base. The surface is decorated with small black enamel-painted stylized figures, who appear to dance in rhythmic poses, and with small floral bluebell-like sprays. The deep blue tinge of the glass is most apparent at the base and around the rim of the lip.

Vase, ca. 1927
blown, enamel-painted glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-5

Object ID #404576339
blown glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
2015-48-2

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (cover and dish): 28.6 × 22.9 × 14.6 cm (11 1/4 in. × 9 in. × 5 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

“Richard – Ginori / Di Doccia / 1926. Ricard / Ginori / 26 + 4 Omaggio / Agil / Snob.”

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oahhg/
Accession Number 46.2016.2a,b
Object ID 907130455