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figurine

Object NameFigurine

Designer Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, 1915-1996)

Maker(blown, designed and crafted) Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Date1950

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueFused, blown, and hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 33.8 cm; Base Diam (max): 9.3 cm

Accession Number51.3.138

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Twentieth Century Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionFigurine. Colorless, pink, black, reddish brown, yellow, white, and red glass; fused, blown, and hot-worked. Colorless hot-sculpted head and torso hot-joined to fused and blown skirt of alternating pink, black, reddish brown, and colorless filigrana (filigree) canes and fused and blown head covering of alternating yellow, black, red, and white filigrana (filigree) canes; rough pontil. No signature.
Provenance

Source House of Italian Handicrafts - 1951-01-29