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Object NameTessere Ambra (Amber Tesserae) Vase
Designer Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974)
Manufacturer Barovier & Toso (Italian, 1942-present)
Made FromGlass, Cane (Glass)
Date1958
Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano
TechniqueBlown, tooled, cut, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 40 cm; Rim Diam (max): 16.6 cm; Rim Diam (min): 9.7 cm
Accession NumberL.105.3.2000
Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewModern Gallery
Physical DescriptionTessere Ambra (Amber Tesserae) Vase. Colorless, brownish-orange, dark purple and opaque white glass with cane decoration; blown, picked-up cane decoration, tooled, cut, ground and polished. Tall, flattened cylinder shape vase with picked-up decoration of flat rectangular brownish-orange canes with dark purple along long edge of canes.
Provenance
Owner Steinberg Foundation
ewer
about 1550-1600
Tessuto
Lino Tagliapietra
1986
Venini Glassworks
1950-1959
vase
Paolo Venini
1954