Pair of polychrome majolica plates by the ceramist Carlo Zauli, depicting: "Zodiac Sign, Aries", abstract decoration with a predominance of cool colors: blue - light blue. Dimensions cm 72x53 "Zodiac Sign, Taurus", abstract decoration with a predominance of warm colors: brown-reds. Dimensions cm 73x52. Exceptional works by this artist, for their size, for the particular subject and above all for the mastery of execution. In perfect condition. CARLO ZAULI (Faenza, 1926 – Faenza, 2002) Italian ceramist, sculptor and teacher. A teacher at the Gaetano Ballardini Art Institute in Faenza together with Angelo Biancini, his many students included the sculptor and ceramist Romano Mazzini. He gained fame as a ceramist starting in the 1950s, when he created a large frieze for the palace in Baghdad. He participated in several editions of the Faenza Prize (which he won in 1953, 1958 and 1962), the Milan Triennale and the Rome Quadriennale, which guaranteed him considerable commercial success, sometimes considered suffocating for artistic and creative research. After his death, the Carlo Zauli Museum was inaugurated in his hometown, and retrospective exhibitions were dedicated to him at the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza (2002), at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo (2008), at the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in Venice (2014) and at the Civic Museums of Ancient Art in Bologna (2015).