Monumental Murano Glass Chessboard 32 Sculptural Pieces Gold Leaf Unique

Great color combination. The filigree/filigrana glass is a cane with a color inside. Usually clear on the outside with a core in colored or opaque glass. Most used are white or black filigrana. This is a self-made filigrana as there is a green coating over an Amethyst core, making the Amethyst almost a dark bronze color. The other cane is clear with amethyst. The twisting (mena in muranese, or ritorto) makes a lay with the back of the vase almost as it is a reticello (once called filigrana, so that explains the term mezza filigrana). The special color combination was then rolled over pure gold leaf, highlighted with the iridescence smoke and then covered with another layer of high temperature glass to make the gold vivid. The vase is quite large and carries a squared mouth, in a way of Carlo Scarpa mezza filigrana vases...

Extraordinary historical set of 44 pieces from A.Ve.M Murano. The theme of the set is the dolphin. This is wonderfully executed with attention of details. The tail and fins are in r...

This is a great sculpture. Please check details on photo. It's part of a group of probably four figurines representing the four seasons. This is the spr...

Exceptional historical piece. It has the rainbow patter. A sequence of canes that Livio loved to place in sculptures where the play with the lens effect of the other clear massiccio ...