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Murrine (Mosaic) Vase

Murrine (Mosaic) Vase

 
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Object Name: 
Murrine (Mosaic) Vase
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Venini, Paolo ((1895-1959)), Maker
Venini Glassworks, Maker
Place Made: 
Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Venice Murano
Date: 
about 1954
Color
Red, black, colorless
AAT
red
AAT
black
Technique
Fused, blown, cased murrine
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21 cm, W: 12.1 cm
Accession Number: 
58.3.12
Credit Line: 
Gift of Venini
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Red, 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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Exhibitions

Venini Glass
Venue(s)
Museo Franz Mayer Arts Decorativas en Mexico 2004-07-01 through 2004-10-01
Decades in Glass: The 50's
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-09-22 through 2004-03-01
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2004-06-17 through 2004-10-03
 
Murano Glass in the Twentieth Century
Venue(s)
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg 1983 through 1983
Publications
1
Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1959 through 1959
Publications
1
 

Publications

Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass (1959) illustrated, p. 228, pl. 197; BIB# 27614

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