Fantastic Murano bowl vase in blown glass, sommerso, pulegoso with small bubbles and incamiciato, made with the sommerso technique by joining a central core of green glass, previously passed on a plane with a series of tips to create the pulegoso glass (air bubbles) at the time of union with a layer of transparent external glass, and finally the vase is jacketed by a layer of white glass. Finished with two transparent glass cords applied hot with the final part widened and enriched with the inclusion of two large murrine in white and orange glass paste. Vase of good size, unsigned, datable around the middle of the twentieth century and attributable to Carlo Scarpa for the Venini glassworks. Rather large vase, weighing well over two kilograms.
Useful information for the evaluation of the object:
From an internet search we find that Carlo Scarpa has created many bowl vases very similar to ours in pulegoso sommerso glass (very thick) of transparent green color, exactly like our bowl and the prices of this type of glass at auction or on sale in the best art and antiques sales platforms range from a minimum of 600 euros up to 1,500-2,000 euros always plus auction fees of 25-30%. It should be considered that our bowl, unlike those we found, is also enriched by two very large and beautiful murrine.
Information on the artist and/or manufacturer:
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, he devoted himself to university teaching, which he continued with various roles until 1977. Carlo Scarpa established himself in the post-war period thanks to important installations, particularly in Venice: the Paul Klee exhibition for the XXIV Biennale, the 1950 Art Book Pavilion and the Italian Pavilion at the XXVI Biennale. In 1932 he began working with VENINI, becoming its artistic director until 1946. A long period during which he left an indelible mark on the world of the Fornace, for the design of models that have gone down in history and for the research of the most refined techniques.