GIO PONTI Suspension lamp. Transparent polychrome blown glass, gilded metal. Venini production, 1990s. Engraved signature 'Gio Ponti for Venini'. 85x85 cm. A CEILING LAMP BY G. PONTI Venini, 1980s production catalog, p. 51; A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini. Catalogo ragionato 1921-1986, Skira, Milan 2000, p. 201; Paolo Venini e la sua fornace, edited by M. Barovier and C. Sonego, Skira, Murano 2016, p. 400. Good overall condition. Signs of wear, small lines, very slight scratches.

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