Hand Painted Italian Ceramic “Bird” Pitcher / Wine Decanter by Desimone

Hand-painted ceramic pitcher / decanter by Sicilian aristocrat turned artist, Giovanni De Simone. Painted details in De Simone’s signature vibrant colors of yellow, red, green, and blue (both dark and light). This piece’s aesthetic was heavily influenced by Pablo Picasso, whom De Simone greatly admired. It is an amalgam of Italian folk art (simplicity, inaccuracy and crudeness of subject) with modernism in the use of color and shape.
H: 9.25″ x D: 6″ x L: 6″
Signed De Simone Italy with the model number ’09.’