Important Italian Glass  
8 June 2013
Important Italian Glass  
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Alfredo Barbini

Tigre

Vetreria Alfredo Barbini
Italy, 1950
gold foil over black/amethyst glass with clear applications 5½ h × 15 w × 5¼ d in (14 × 38 × 13 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $2,500
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exhibited: Fragili e Supremamente Inutili, 17-26 October 1997, Palazzo Nervi, Turin
literature: Animals in Glass: A Murano Bestiary, Barovier and Dorigato, fig. 82 Fragili e Supremamente Inutili, Figliola, pg. 15 illustrates this example

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