An Alfredo Barbini 'Vetro Sommerso pesante' vase, irregular oval stone form, on a spreading oval cylindrical foot, the innermost ruby red bubble visible through a layer of frosted glass partly cased in topaz, the textured surface decorated with an acid etched pattern of fine lines, engraved A. Barbini, circa 1962
Details
An Alfredo Barbini 'Vetro Sommerso pesante' vase, irregular oval stone form, on a spreading oval cylindrical foot, the innermost ruby red bubble visible through a layer of frosted glass partly cased in topaz, the textured surface decorated with an acid etched pattern of fine lines, engraved A. Barbini, circa 1962
26cm. high
Literature
Marc Heiremans, Art Glass from Murano 1910-1970, Stuttgart 1993, p.25, similar example illustrated