Aldo Londi Bitossi Seta Series Footed Bowl, Italy c.1957
Aldo Londi Bitossi Seta Series Footed Bowl, Italy c.1957
Bitossi 'Seta' footed bowl designed by Aldo Londi in 1957, in production until 1965. Blue, green and white bands with gilt linear chevrons over incised (sgraffito) vertical lines.
Gloss glaze in teal/blue to interior. Base marked in black glazed text, 'C76/26 Italy'.
Documented: 'Alla Moda: Italian Ceramics of the 1950s-1970s, by Mark Hill, Mark Hill Publishing, London 2012, p.76-77.
Matching jug, sold separately. Happy to negotiate a better price for sale of the two together.
DIMENSIONS
Height 13.5 cm
Diameter 26 cm
CONDITION
Very good condition with minor wear and very small losses. There are three darker dots of blue colour, these are under the glaze inside bowl and a result of the manufacturing process, see image. Minor scratch/scuff to surface of bowl, see images. Some minor fading to the gilt lip of the bowl, see image.
The last two images show two small areas of loss on the underside of the bowl. These measure at 2 millimeter square for the one that looks white and a slightly larger 3 millimetres x 2 mm for the one that looks buff coloured. They are common in the Seta pottery range due to the incised surface. In this case they are very concise and clean and not noticeable until the bowl is turned over and inspected carefully.