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Tapestry Representing December
Tapestry depicting January.
Tapestry depicting February.
Geometric military compass by Galileo Galilei
Jesus crucified between the two thieves
Gonzaga uprising
Blue chest
Eight Emperor
Casket of Saints Cyprian and Justina
Jug
Monstrance of Voghera
The Standard of Milan
Marie at the tomb
Tapestry Representing December
Tapestry depicting January.
Tapestry depicting February.
Geometric military compass by Galileo Galilei
Jesus crucified between the two thieves
Gonzaga uprising
Blue chest
Eight Emperor
Casket of Saints Cyprian and Justina
Jug
Monstrance of Voghera
The Standard of Milan
Marie at the tomb

Blue chest

Gio Ponti; Libero Andreotti

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Museum of Decorative Arts

Museum of Decorative Arts

Piazza Castello, Milan

Open, closing soon last entry 17:00

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Among the porcelain preserved in the Museum, there are some decidedly representative works produced by the Richard Ginori Manufacture in the 1920s and 1930s. These are pieces created under the artistic direction of Gio Ponti, a brilliant protagonist of the renewal of Italian decorative arts. This architect and designer managed to carry out an apparently irreconcilable operation, creating unique pieces while simultaneously starting a mass production. Thus, works of identical shape but differently decorated were born, while the same decorations were made in different colors or used on different shapes. Among these objects stands out the blue-bottomed casket with gold decorations, celebrating a triumph of love and a triumph of death. Love and Death appear on chariots pulled by winged horses. The cylindrical vase rests on golden feet topped by resting winged figures. The lid adorned with a garland has a handle in the form of a winged figure, represented standing and leaning against a stele. Designed by Gio Ponti and the sculptor Libero Andreotti, who designed the winged figures in 1928, the casket bears an elegant decoration with cupids and friezes at the top, cornucopias and at the bottom. This and other objects of the same production were very successful. The blue casket is a gift from the Richard Ginori Society to the Museum.
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Title: Blue chest

Author: Gio Ponti; Libero Andreotti

Date: 1928

Technique: Porcelain

Displayed in: Museum of Decorative Arts

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