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MELKIORRE MELIS ©  
(Bosa, 1889 - Roma, 1982)

Little amphora, 1936/40

Ceramic
22 x 13 x 12 cm ca.

Rare white ceramic vase with camel and star decoration. Made at the school wanted by the governor of Libya Italo Balbo to increase local craftsmanship. It may be one of the vases placed inside the wall niches of the Arab cafรฉ in Suk el-Muscir.

On the base signed: M.M., S.A.C.L. Scuola artigiana della ceramica libica, Tripoli and inscription in Arabic

€ 4.000,00 / 6.000,00
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€ 3.000,00
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Modern and Contemporary Art / 20TH Century Ceramics. Including a collection of Futurism paintings

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