- Title : Box: Venetian gondolier motif
- Artist: Gigi Chessa Designer Lenci Manufacturer
- Accession: 85.7.280 a,b
- Country: Italy Turin
- Date: 1932
- Dimensions: Inches 7 5-3/8 5-1/4 Dimensions, overall Inches 2-3/8 5-3/8 5-1/4 Dimensions, lid (a) Inches 5 5-3/8 5-1/4 Dimensions, box (b), Centimeters 17.8 13.7 13.3 Dimensions, overall Centimeters 6.0 13.7 13.3 Dimensions, lid (a) Centimeters 12.7 13.7 13.3 Dimensions, box (b)
- Collection: Object
- Category: Decorative Arts and Furniture
- Subject: Figurative , Animals , Ceramics/Ceramic Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: 85.7.280 A,B.JPG
- Tags: Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Square gloss glazed porcelain box with lid and decoration at the sides which includes one scene of a Venetian gondolier navigating a gondola containing a masked female in costume and the other scene consisting of a male figure maneuvering a gondola containing circular fruit or blossoms as a female in blue sits at the bow, all against a gloss black ground; top lid includes a finial of three stylized swans in blue, purple and white. a: lid, b: box.