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"Inciso" (Incised) Bowl

Object NameInciso (Incised) Bowl

Maker Venini Glassworks

Maker Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1958

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

SizeOverall H: 13.4 cm, Diam (rim): 19 cm

Accession Number58.3.27

Credit LineGift of Venini

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

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Physical DescriptionPurple and colorless glass; blown, cased, and cut. Wide rim of bowl tapers gradually to base; it is blown of purple glass cased with coloress glass. Entire outer surface wheel-cut in horizontal circular bands (inciso); ground base and pontil. Marked with acid stamp: "venini/murano/ITALIA."
Provenance

Source Venini Glassworks - 1958