a "Lontra su piatto" creamware dish, Lenci, Italy 1930's.
Bowl with two modeled otters and a fish, glazed in black, turquoise and brown hues. Signed Lenci MADE IN ITALY TORINO, painter's signature CM, Margherita Costantino or Maddalena Craveri? Total length 66 cm, diameter of the dish ca 55 cm.
A few small glaze chips.
Alfonzo Panzetta, "Le ceramiche Lenci, catalogi dell´archivio storico 1928-1964", Umberto Allemandi & C, Turin 1992, compare catalogue nr 327 and 328, p 164, these pieces each with one otter. The auction's dish is a very rare variant with two otters.