Giovanni De Simone Original Decorative Green Ring Plate

DESCRIPTION

This vintage Giovanni DeSimone plate is an original piece hand-painted in Italy. It features the ring of green color with a star in the middle, tradiional in the Sicilian culture. The colors are vibrant. The original Giovanni DeSimone Vase is circa 1980's and in excellent condition. This is for decorative purposes only.

The small imperfections such as the difference in color, shape, diameter or small bubbles that form inside, do not constitute a defect but testify that it is actually an artisanal product.

ARTISAN STORY

Giovanni De Simone, a renowned and innovative artisan from Palermo, Sicily, was a visionary artisan known for the use of intense colors and cubist drawing style similar to Picasso. Early in his life Giovanni worked with Picasso and shared his innovation using bright red in ceramics with Picasso. "Picasso loved that innovation. I express what comes through my imagination, filtering old and new memories, comparing my experiences and my understanding" wrote Giovanni De Simone in 1991.