Elena König Scavini (Italian, 1886-1974) for Lenci 'Centrotavola con pesci': An Earthenware Figure, design introduced in 1936 polychrome, handpainted, and modelled as a pubescent nude girl kneeling on the back of a fish (another fish is swimming underneath), she holds a smaller fish above her head, all above a seabed of coral, sea anemone and an oyster 50.5cm high, painted mark 'Lenci/MADE IN ITALY/3.99' with shooting star decorator's mark, and impressed '566' Footnotes: Pencil and watercolour design for model, attributed to Scavini, is illustrated in Lenci: Sculpture in Ceramica 1927-1937, Valerio Terrarolo, edited by Enrica Pagella, 2010, p.155. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com