"murrine rosso" bowl, ca. 1960–1962

ExecutionVenini & C., founded 1921

DesignAtelier Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Roma 1931–1989 Arezzo

Bits of opaque orange glass canes (murrine), fused, blown, cut

(H x Ø)3,3 x 21,1 cm

Place of originMurano

Status

not on display

About the workThe plate is made using the mosaic glass technique. This involves bundling different coloured, thick, short glass rods, fusing them in the furnace and pulling them out long. If this process is repeated several times, finer and finer patterns can be created. The resulting rod is then cut into slices, laid out as a mosaic and fused into a vessel. In this case, the Venini glassworks limited itself to colourless and red glass; the patterns seem to float in the glass like enigmatic characters.

AccessionGift of Udo van Meeteren, 1975

Inventory numberP 1975-25

Contact

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