Aldo Londi for Bitossi Rimini Blue Tall Lidded Jar, 1960s

Description

A striking and uncommon 1960s Rimini Blue tall ceramic jar with lid by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.

Stylized apothecary jar … more A striking and uncommon 1960s Rimini Blue tall ceramic jar with lid by Aldo Londi for Bitossi.

Stylized apothecary jar form, with a gently tapered body, bulbous neck, and domed lid with finial. Very handsome and quintessentially-sixties paisley pattern with finely done hand-inscribed lines and dots throughout. Signature cobalt and cerulean blue glaze accented by cool-hued emerald green, which also adorns the interior.

From Bitossi’s website describing the Rimini Blue pattern:

“Londi channels his creative impulses into meticulous stylistic and production research, as in the case of the iconic Rimini Blu [Italian spelling] series, produced continuously since 1959. From this moment on, the surface texture, represented by different motifs engraved with a stencil, will always have the same graphic characteristics.

A decoration composed of minute, dense marks that create a frieze, a fantastic roundabout of abstract geometric elements that chase each other endlessly, enhanced by quick touches of color that the decorator fixes under the blue and that, after firing, magically reproduce the play of light reflecting in the sea.”

“MADE IN ITALY” debossed on bottom alongside “69/1B” hand-painted in glaze.

Diameter listed is at the widest spot. Diameter of unglazed bottom ring is 4.75 in. less