Polychrome ceramic sculpture from the C.I.A. manufacture. Manna from Turin entitled "Samara" dating back to the first half of the 1950s, depicting a young woman kneeling in a contemplative attitude, with her arms raised to collect her hair.
The body is modeled with sinuous lines, recalling the feminine aesthetic typical of the Italian production of the fifties, still strongly influenced by Art Deco, with distinctive characteristics of the best figurative production of the C.I.A. Manna, founded by Teresa Manna, former collaborator of Lenci.
Height 29.5 cm, width 17.5 cm, depth 9 cm. Brand painted in black under the base: MANNA, TORINO, SAMARA, n. 787, Registered Trademark.
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