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Lot 5 Espresso Cups illy Art Collection 1994 – Andrea Manetti

Description:
Set of 5 espresso cups with their matching saucers, from the illy Art Collection designed in 1994 by the Italian artist Andrea Manetti.
Theme & Design: The artist explores the human body through an expressive graphic style, combining fluid black lines, subdued color fields (black, red, blue) and figurative details of limbs or faces.
Inscriptions: The inside of each cup bears the silkscreen inscription “illy espresso.”
Manufacturing: The porcelain was produced in Germany by the famous Bavarian manufactory Mitterteich Porzellan (Mitterteich Bavaria Germany), whose stamp appears under the pieces.