Small owl jug. 1955.
Ceramics. White sherd with oxide painting and scratch decor on white enamel ground.
Ramié 293. Stand inscribed "Edition Picasso Madoura" and witgh the stamps "Madoura Plein Feu" and "Edition Picasso". One of 500 copies. 26.5 x 13 x 19 cm (10.4 x 5.1 x 7.4 in).
[AR].
• Picasso's ceramics repeatedly reveal the great wealth of ideas of the most famous artist of the 20th century.
• He is able to give the objects their own, lively character.
• His great love for animal depictions is particularly evident in his sculptural works.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schmücking, Brunswick.
Private collection Lower Saxony.