• Overhead view of the Scarpa bronze dish, the bull mid leap with curved horns, flicked tail, and finely detailed hooves
  • Close view of the bull relief in the Scarpa bowl beside a red stone ashtray, the animal rearing toward the rim
  • Gilded bronze bull bowl resting on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book, the relief catching warm light
  • Riccardo Scarpa gilded bronze bowl with a leaping bull in low relief across the shallow well, on travertine beside a brown book
  • Underside of the bronze bowl showing the incised SCARPA signature near the rim and fine brushed tool marks
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Overhead view of the Scarpa bronze dish, the bull mid leap with curved horns, flicked tail, and finely detailed hooves
Close view of the bull relief in the Scarpa bowl beside a red stone ashtray, the animal rearing toward the rim
Gilded bronze bull bowl resting on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book, the relief catching warm light
Riccardo Scarpa gilded bronze bowl with a leaping bull in low relief across the shallow well, on travertine beside a brown book
Underside of the bronze bowl showing the incised SCARPA signature near the rim and fine brushed tool marks

Riccardo Scarpa Gilded Bronze Bowl with Bull

$830.00
$830.00
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Found in France

Riccardo Scarpa spent his career working in bronze, and this circular bowl shows the sculptural sensibility he was known for even applied to a functional form. A bull, rendered in a leaping, forward motion with its legs drawn up beneath it, is worked in low relief across the interior of the bowl, its surface catching light differently depending on the angle.

The bowl itself is finished in gilded bronze, the warm golden tone giving the bull a slightly different character than it would have in raw or patinated bronze, closer to something ceremonial or emblematic than purely naturalistic. The rim is left plain and unadorned, keeping the focus entirely on the animal at the center.

The piece is signed, consistent with Scarpa's practice of signing his cast bronze work, and measures 5 3/4 inches in diameter, a scale that works well as a catchall, a small decorative bowl, or simply displayed on a stand where the bull motif can be appreciated straight on.

Made and sourced in France, where Scarpa lived and worked for much of his career, this is a nice entry point into his sculptural output for anyone drawn to mid-century bronze work with an animal subject.

Collectors Notes

Signed sculptural pieces like this Scarpa bowl are a nice fit for our Art collection, worth a look if you collect artist signed bronze specifically.

The animal subject pairs naturally with the other decorative objects in our Home Decor collection.
Dimensions

5 3/4" diameter
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Overhead view of the Scarpa bronze dish, the bull mid leap with curved horns, flicked tail, and finely detailed hooves
Close view of the bull relief in the Scarpa bowl beside a red stone ashtray, the animal rearing toward the rim
Gilded bronze bull bowl resting on the Superfine Tailoring Black Style book, the relief catching warm light
Riccardo Scarpa gilded bronze bowl with a leaping bull in low relief across the shallow well, on travertine beside a brown book
Underside of the bronze bowl showing the incised SCARPA signature near the rim and fine brushed tool marks
Collectors Gene | Cameron Ross Steiner

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