20th Century Design - 21st October 2015

Lot 129

A large Graffito Barbarico Opaco glass bowl the design attributed to Barovier & Toso and...

Estimate £500 - £800

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Description

A large Graffito Barbarico Opaco glass bowl the design attributed to Barovier & Toso and attributed design to Ercole Barovier, striated green glass with aventurine inclusions, cased in clear unsigned 25cm. wide

Literature

Marina Barovier, Art of the Barovier Glassmakers in Murano 1866-1977, page 202 for two comparable vases.

Ercole Barovier 1889-1974 Dorigato, page 121 catalogue number 114 for a vase with this design, designed by Ercole Barovier in 1969 for Barovier & Toso.