Lot Essay
cf. Giovanni Sarpellon, Miniature Masterpieces, Mosaic Glass 1838-1924, 1995, p. 156, fig. 1058 and p, 175, fig. 1059 for illustrations of blown-glass vases with similar floral murrine decoration.
The Property of a Gentleman
A MURRINE GLASS VASE
GIUSEPPE BAROVIER, CIRCA 1915
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A MURRINE GLASS VASE
Giuseppe Barovier, circa 1915
Oviform with everted rim, featuring white, pink and blue pansies, violets and snapdragons with yellow and black centers, amidst yellow and green foliage, all against a purple-blue ground and mauve rim with iridescence
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high
Giuseppe Barovier, circa 1915
Oviform with everted rim, featuring white, pink and blue pansies, violets and snapdragons with yellow and black centers, amidst yellow and green foliage, all against a purple-blue ground and mauve rim with iridescence
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high