Ceramic sculpture vase • Roberto Rigon • Bertoncello • Italy • 60/70

Ceramic ribbon sculpture vase created by Roberto Rigon (born in 1929) for the Bertoncello Ceramiche d'Arte factory in Italy in the 1960s. PLEASE NOTE: In very good condition despite a small chip visible in the last 3 photos. The vase is made of ceramic worked in ribbon with a speckled glaze in shades of beige, caramel and brown, characteristic of the artist. Dimensions: H.21 X 24 X 7.5 cm. About Bertoncello: The company "LPB" was founded in 1956 in Schiavon, in the province of Vicenza, by three partners, Lini, Marco Pizzato and Giovanni Bertoncello. Subsequently, the name of the company was changed to "Bertoncello Ceramiche d'Arte", and the management remained exclusively in the hands of Giovanni Bertoncello. Thanks to his talents as an artist and entrepreneur, the company achieved considerable success in Italy and abroad. In the 1970s, the factory employed over 30 people. The company's modern production consisted mainly of organically shaped ceramics, often decorated with monochrome glazes. Roberto Rigon, among the factory's employees in the 1970s, is worth mentioning. About Roberto Rigon: Roberto Rigon, born in northern Italy in 1929, became a ceramist at a young age. He trained at the Royal School of Art in Nove, where he came into contact with Giovanni Petucco and Andrea Parini. Early in his career, he worked for SICA, ZAB-Keramik, and then Alessi, and in the early 1950s, he attempted to establish his own company, Etruria, with Gianni Tosin and Luigi Gheno. After several collaborations with other companies, including San Zeno and the Bertoncello ceramics factory in Schiavon, for which he designed extremely successful shapes and glazes in the 1970s. For international shipments, please contact me if your country is not listed.