Details
CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A 'CINESE' VASE, DESIGNED 1942
produced by Venini, model 3939, hand-blown glass
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high
acid stamp venini murano ITALIA
Literature
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, pp. 160, 219, n. 232 for another vase of this example;
Exhibition catalogue, Venetian Glass: the Nancy Olnik and Giorgio Spanu Collection, New York, 2000, p. 93, n. 64 for a highly comparable example;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exhibition catalogue, Le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2012, p. 278 for another vase of this model and a design drawing, pp. 360, 368 for this model illustrated in a battuto finish;
Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 56, n. 3939A.

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