Core One

LAPADA Modern (www.lapadamodern.org) member De Parma at Core One Antiques who have also have a flagship showroom on the Fulham Road, London, were delighted to have a winning entry in the recent "Object of the Year" competition which is run jointly by LAPADA and Country Life magazine. The winning entry from De Parma which was placed third out of an original 50 ojects, was a group of six Buccheri vases made by Carlo Alberto Rossi to designs by Gio Ponti, presented at the IX Triennale Di Milano in 1940. The vases were made using the same techniques as the Etruscans in bucchero pottery, a method re-discovered by Rossi. The set undefined was purchased directly from the Ponti family home and was part of Gio Ponti's private collection.

The awards were presented at the recent London International Fine Art Fair at Olympia by Chief Executive of LAPADA, Sarah Percy-Davies who said: "The Country Life-LAPADA Object of the Year was inaugurated in 2009 as a showcase for some of its members' finest objects and paintings. This year's winner is an outstanding example of work and we are delighted it has been selected winner for 2010."

To see the winner and all ten finalists, selected from an original group of fifty, can be viewed at the www.lapada-object-of-the-year.com