Vintage ZAMPIVA PORCELAIN CLOWN FIGURINE, Made in Italy.
Features: Clown with classic red bulbous nose, black hat and outrageous brown hair, dressed in a suit with larger than normal black shoes standing behind a giant yellow tuba.
All intricately formed in porcelain and hand-painted by artisans at ZamPiva.
Clever and whimsical.
Base is green felt. Signed 'ZamPiva' and is labeled "ZamPiva, MADE IN ITALY".
SIZE: 3 1/2" HIgh, 3 1/2" Diameter. Excellent condition.
About ZamPiva:
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Mr Lino Zampiva is the owner of Pastelceramica, that was established in Montebello Vicentino in 1976.
Mr Lino Zambiva attended the local school of Arts and Crafts, where he learned how to make potter’s earth ductile and malleable.
His passion for painting and sculpture led him to make this fabulous collection of figurines now popular with collectors worldwide.
We exhibit our products at the HOMI and Salone del Mobile International Trade Fairs of Milan (twice a year, MACEF), and Naples.. . .
“The world of Zampiva” is a world of beautiful colours, humour, fun, beauty and fantasy.
The Zampiva figurines consist of unique characteristics, each figurine is individually handcrafted and hand painted whit a particular care for each detail by Lino Zampiva and him team of artists."