Sinai and Sons, London, Raphael and Joshua Sinai – Offering Documented and Unusual Examples of 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts

Elefante, A Pair of Painted Porcelain Table Lamps

By Piero Fornasetti, circa 1960

With the firm's mark on the base

Each lamp: 10 ½ in (26.7 cm) high

cf. Barnaba Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, 2010, p.570, no.46

Around 1947, under the influence of Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti's ceramics started to gain renown. The majority of his ceramic work took place in the 1950s and 1960s. During that period, his archive was enriched by thousands of new designs, including these charming elephant lamps.

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