Large Crystal Vase by Barbini, Italy, 1970s

Large Murano Glass vase by Alfredo Barbini for Barbini. Clover-shaped thick glass body with hand-blown glass natural imperfections

Optical vase by Bohemian artist Ladislav Oliva for Exbor Studio, Novy Bor. Literature: Interni - La Rivista dell'Arredamento #46 - Oct. 1970

Blown glass vase. Pointed manufacturer's mark at the base and adhesive label on the edge.

Murano glass vase designed and produced by Alfredo Barbini in 1970. With original labels. Biography Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) one of the greatest Murano glass artists of the 20th century. He learned the traditional techniques of glass blowing during his adolescence as an apprentice at the Franchetti Crystals and at SAIAR Ferro Toso. He then worked in the Zecchin-Martinuzzi Furnace alongside the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, the collaboration lasted from 1932-1936 creating the first solid glass sculptures designed by Martinuzzi, this experience will be fundamental for his artistic training. After the closure of the factory, he became a first-rate teacher at the V.A.M.S.A. (Murano Artistic Glass Company, Anonymous Society). Here, too, his contribution in the field of glass sculpture is remarkable, and in that of thick materials, with particular chromatic effects, such as the so-called “smoked glass”. He carries out works based on drawings by the painter Luigi Scarpa Croce...