bowl

Object Name"Murrina del Serpente" (Snake) Bowl

Designer Carlo Scarpa (Italian, 1906-1978)

Manufacturer Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Datedesigned about 1940

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueFused, slumped, cut

SizeOverall H: 6.4 cm, W: 36.6 cm, D: 25.1 cm

Accession Number2014.3.9

Credit LineGift of The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Venini: Masterpieces of Italian Design

Carlo Scarpa, Venini, 1932-1947

Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company, 1932-1947

Italian Glass, 1930-1970

Not On View

Physical Description"Murrina del Serpente" (Snake) Bowl. Black, white, and orange glass; fused, slumped, cut. Fragments from the broken "Murrina del Serpente" (Snake Mosaic) Bowl. The oval bowl is made out of fused and slumped murrine canes; opaque black, translucent white, and opaque orange. The bowl is mostly black with the white murrine spiraling around the sides of the bowl, culminating in a checkerboard-like pattern at the base. A spot and two lines of orange murrine appear asymmetrically one side of the bowl.
Provenance

Owner Steinberg Foundation