Piero Fornasetti - Dish - Ceramic

Piero Fornasetti, Milan, 1974
Diameter 25 cm

Plate in glossy white porcelain, decorated at the center with a reproduction of a double ducat in gold of Galeazzo Maria Sforza. The image is rendered in the typical Fornasetti style: tight crisscross hatching, printed in gold (or bronze-copper) on a white background. The profile of the duke, facing right, bears an armored bust; above appears the small mitred head of Saint Ambrose, patron saint of Milan.

This is a plate from the series commissioned by the Italian Banking Institute as a gift to its clients and friends: a numismatic series devoted to the coins of the Duchy of Milan. As is often the case with corporate commissions, Fornasetti, it was not intended for public sale.