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I picked up this horse at an estate sale. Most of the items were collected 1950s to 1970s though this could have been collected more recently.
Horse is ceramic and stands 11″ tall and is 12″ nose to tail. Bottom markings in 2nd image are both etched and painted “23C” is etched and “Z ITALY A925” is painted. Detailed images of the glaze are in 3rd and 4th images. The glaze is what I think of as Rimini blue but also has an earthy finish that appears to have been applied then wiped off. Blue glaze is crazing and in one place on the tail, the glaze chipped away to reveal very white ceramic underneath.
Can anyone help identify this? Many thanks, Daniel
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Found it: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-retro-rimini-blue-mid-century-1939840590
While I am certain that the attribution to Zaccagnini is correct, I am not sure the tie in to Bitossi is factual. The glaze matches the Rimini Blue of Bitossi, but Aldo Londi was a generation later than Zaccagnini and had very different ambitions. Zaccagnini appears to have been adhering to the idea of recreating renaissance ceramics while Londi was a modernist making works that adhered to contemporary design.Interesting links on the way:
UGO ZACCAGNINI https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Zaccagnini&prev=search
RAYMOR https://markhillpublishing.com/who-what-was-raymor/
ALDO LONDI https://fishinkblog.com/2015/07/27/aldo-londi-mid-century-ceramics-for-bitossi/ -
Here is a recently sold example with the more typical color scheme from early 20th century: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fine-Pair-of-Italian-Zaccagnini-Art-Pottery-Horse-Statues-Chinese-Tang-Style-/382569365442?hash=item5912e93fc2%3Ag%3A7EsAAOSwvu1bo9Mp&nma=true&si=Kbu4RtqrZqnLVhjRisjFz0lzdaM%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Here is my listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/192682826874
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Hey Ryanne (and Judy), thanks for the kind words. I will shoot photos of my set up later and try to satisfy your request with words just now.
I have a roll of white paper hanging and spilling over a table to make borderless white background. My object goes in the middle of the paper. I have three lights – two on either side pointing forward and one above. I shoot in between the two lights that are pointing at the object. I use one of two lenses on my Canon 6D: a 24 – 105mm or 100 mm macro. I think the horse was shot with both lenses, but may have only been shot with the 100 mm macro. (It is almost always best to shoot people and things with a 70 to 100 mm or equivalent. This range does not compress the foreground nor spread out the edges like a telephoto or a wide angle lens will do.) I do a slight amount of post processing in light room – just straighten things out and adjust light levels and then export to eBay.
It sounds complicated but I typically will shoot about 150 photos (12 to 15 objects) and then process in an hour to 90 minutes. The biggest time suck is the listing and post listing organizing to assure I can find it all. I will follow up with more details.
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