Galileo Chini

Arno Reflections C0050

Inventory Number
C0050Size
3" H x 5 1/4" WPeriod
Art NouveauCountry of Origin
ItalyYear Made
c1900Status
availableCondition
Perfect

Description

This small but seductive bowl is ornamented in mellow shades of blues, greens, and golds suggesting sunlight reflecting on a rippling river. It is easy to imagine it in a European boudoir, a subtle reminder of a Florentine holiday. Water, like smoke, hair, women's bodies, and blooming plants, lent itself well to the love of curves thus becoming a popular Art Nouveau subject. It was also a vital part of nature and suggestive of our evolutionary origins.