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Object NameAquatic Bird on Perch

Maker Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, 1915-1996)

Maker Arturo "Boboli" Biasutto (Italian, 1904-1975)

Maker Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Date1954

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

SizeOverall H: 27 cm, W: 20 cm

Accession Number58.3.17

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Venini Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, white, yellow, black, and red glass; fused, blown, and hot-worked. Elongated, hollow bird body is blown of predominantly white and colorless fused filigrana canes, with some red and black canes; the breast is yellow, white, and colorless murrine; the long beak and feet are solid, opaque white glass; the eyes are solid black glass. The bird perches on an upside-down blown tumbler made of colorless and white canes (a canne); the bird is joined hot to the perch. No signature.
Provenance

Source Venini Glassworks - 1958