GIUSEPPE ARMANI 'EDELWEISS' LIMITED EDITION PORCELAIN FIGURINE - FLORENCE, 1993

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF ITALIAN DECORATIVE SCULPTURE BY THE RENOWNED MASTER CRAFTSMAN GIUSEPPE ARMANI, THIS EXQUISITE PORCELAIN FIGURINE DEPICTS A CLASSICAL FEMALE FORM ADORNED WITH FLOWING DRAPERY RENDERED IN EXCEPTIONAL DETAIL. THE PIECE EXEMPLIFIES THE REFINED ARTISTRY AND TECHNICAL MASTERY THAT CHARACTERISES ARMANI'S CELEBRATED BODY OF WORK.

IDENTIFICATION AND ATTRIBUTION:
- ARTIST: GIUSEPPE ARMANI, FLORENCE
- TITLE: EDELWEISS
- MODEL NUMBER: 1009/T
- EDITION: LIMITED EDITION 86 OF 1500 PIECES
- YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 1993
- MAKER'S MARK: SIGNED 'GIUSEPPE ARMANI' TO THE BASE WITH FULL FLORENCE SCULTURE D'ARTE COPYRIGHT MARK AND PRODUCTION DETAILS
- AUTHENTICATION: ACCOMPANIED BY ORIGINAL FRAMED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND ORIGINAL PRODUCT TAG

DIMENSIONS:
- HEIGHT: APPROXIMATELY 38 CM (INCLUDING BASE)

MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION:
- PRIMARY MATERIAL: FINE PORCELAIN WITH HAND-PAINTED DETAIL
- BASE: TURNED WOODEN PLINTH WITH DARK BURGUNDY FINISH, SECURED TO PORCELAIN FIGURE
- FINISH: GLAZED PORCELAIN WITH NATURALISTIC SKIN TONES AND CAREFULLY RENDERED FABRIC TEXTURES

CONDITION: EXCELLENT. THE PORCELAIN SURFACES ARE PRISTINE WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS, HAIRLINE FRACTURES, OR REPAIRS. COLOUR SATURATION IS VIBRANT AND CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING THE ELABORATE SERPENTINE DRAPERY AND CURLED HAIR DETAIL, REMAIN INTACT AND SECURE. THE WOODEN BASE RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL LUSTROUS FINISH WITH NO SCRATCHES OR DAMAGE. THIS PIECE SHOWS NO EVIDENCE OF RESTORATION OR CONSERVATION WORK.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE LOT IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL FRAMED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ISSUED BY FLORENCE SCULTURE D'ARTE, CONFIRMING THE EDITION NUMBER AND PRODUCTION DETAILS. THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION TAG IS ALSO PRESENT.

NOTES: GIUSEPPE ARMANI FIGURINES FROM THE 1990S REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD IN THE ARTIST'S CAREER, WITH LIMITED EDITION PIECES SUCH AS THIS COMMANDING STRONG COLLECTOR INTEREST. THE EDELWEISS MODEL IS PARTICULARLY SOUGHT AFTER FOR ITS REFINED CLASSICAL COMPOSITION AND EXCEPTIONAL SCULPTURAL DETAIL. THE COMBINATION OF PRISTINE CONDITION, COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION, AND RELATIVELY LOW EDITION NUMBER (867 OF 1500) MAKES THIS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF ITALIAN DECORATIVE ARTS.

NOTE: GLUE IN CERTIFICATE FRAME HAS BECOME UNSTUCK.

Item Size: Height: 38cm, Width: 15cm, Depth: 15cm, Weight: 2Kg

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
232169+1

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