vase

Object NameZanfirico Vase

Maker Venini Glassworks

Maker Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959)

Made FromGlass, Cane (Glass)

Date1950

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueAssembled, applied, tooled, cut, polished, blown

SizeOverall H: 19.4 cm; Base Diam: 19.8 cm

Accession NumberL.262.3.2000

Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionZanfirico Vase. Colorless, opaque white, and yellow glass, cane decoration; blown, canes assembled, applied, tooled, cut, polished. Bulbous vase that narrows considerably to a cylindrical neck, vessel wall slightly flattened. Intricate white and yellow cane pattern.
Provenance

Owner Steinberg Foundation