a "Colombe mate" (A.R. 77) faience dish, Madoura, Vallauris, France, post 1948.
Relief decoration of a dove in white, black, brown, and yellow, as well as black engobe, stamped MADOURA PLEIN FEU EDITION PICASSO. 31 x 37.5 cm.
Purchased by the present owner's parents, reportedly at least 40 years ago.
Alain Ramié, "Pablo Picasso - Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971", Galerie Madoura 1988, cat. no. 77.
Conceived in 1948 and executed in an edition of 450.