vase

Object NameMurrine (Mosaic) Vase

Designer Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959)

Maker Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1954

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueFused, blown, cased murrine

SizeOverall H: 21 cm, W: 12.1 cm

Accession Number58.3.12

Credit LineGift of Venini

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Murano Glass in the Twentieth Century

Decades in Glass: The 50's

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass

Venini Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionRed, black, and colorless glass; fused, blown, and cased. Cylindrical vase with flattened walls, tapering in slightly from rim to base and flaring slightly at base; the fused black and red murrine were blown and then cased in colorless glass. White paper label: "Venini/ Murano Venezia/N. 3608/ Made In Italy." Exhibited in "Glass 1959."
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