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Description: Terre de faïence bowl

Artist Dates: 1881 - 1973

Signed / Dated: inscribed Edition Picasso and Made in France on the underside, with the Madoura stamp

Dimensions: diameter: 13cm. 5 1/8 in.

Executed: Executed in 1955, this work is from an edition of 500.

Literature: Alain Ramié, Picasso catalogue of the editioned ceramic works 1947-1971, Madoura 1988, p. 150, no. 290, illustrated in colour (another example)

Provenance: Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owners

Condition: The ceramic is in good condition, with three small chips to the rim (the largest measuring approximately 12mm).
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