vase

Object NameBottle-Shaped Gru Vase

Maker Dino Martens (Italian, 1894-1970)

Manufacturer Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks (Italian, f. 1938)

Made FromGlass

Date1958

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

SizeOverall H: 49.8 cm, Diam: 14.3 cm

Accession NumberL.17.3.2000

Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBottle-Shaped Gru Vase. Colorless and multicolored opaque and translucent glass; canes, fused, applied, blown, tooled, cut, ground, polished. Vase with conical shape base extending up to a very long narrow neck. Multicolor canes placed vertically except the one that wraps around the base of the vessel horizontally, some different canes used on the bottom of the base.
Provenance

Owner Steinberg Foundation