Francesco Musante, With coloured pencils, porcelain Christmas ball, h 7.5 cm

Porcelain Christmas ball by Francesco Musante. It has been decorated through the manual application of silk-screen decals, the colours of which blend with the crystalline porcelain when it is fired at a temperature of 840°.

Musante takes up the dreamy atmosphere typical of his works through the representation of fantastic little men and bright, surreal colours reminiscent of childhood. This ball depicts a couple playing with coloured pencils with the inscription 'With coloured pencils, playing together'.