A Barovier e Toso "bulinato ametista" vase, designed by Ercole Barovier, dimpled square section shape flaring towards the shoulder and tapering towards a knopped everted rim, the clear glass with gold foil inclusions decorated with a spiraling band of amethyst splashes.

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A Barovier e Toso "bulinato ametista" vase, designed by Ercole Barovier, dimpled square section shape flaring towards the shoulder and tapering towards a knopped everted rim, the clear glass with gold foil inclusions decorated with a spiraling band of amethyst splashes.
30.5 cm high
Literature
A. Dorigato, Ercole Barovier 1889-1974, Venice, 1989, p. 89, no. 79 for an example of the technique.
M. Heiremans, Murano Glas 1945- 1970, Antwerp, 1989, no.39 where this piece is illustrated in a period photograph.
This vase will be illustrated in the forthcoming publication by M. Heiremans, Art Glass of Murano, Italian Glass 1910-1970.

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