Important Italian Glass 
11 December 2020
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Important Italian Glass 
Giuseppe Barovier, Rare Murrine e Canne vase - Image 1 of 2
Giuseppe Barovier, Rare Murrine e Canne vase - Image 2 of 2
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Giuseppe Barovier

Rare Murrine e Canne vase

Artisti Barovier
Italy, c. 1910
cristallo glass with polychrome floral murrine and zanfirico rods 11¼ h × 4½ w × 4 d in (29 × 11 × 10 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $12,500
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provenance: Private Collection, New York
literature: Venetian Art Glass: An American Collection 1840-1970, Barovier, pg. 52 illustrates this example

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Giuseppe Barovier is considered by many to be the most innovative and accomplished glassblower of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Among his many accomplishments was the development of blown murrine glass (Mosaico), which he first mastered at the Salviati furnace in the 1870s. Blown murrine glass would go on to become a ubiquitous and invaluable technique for glassblowers the world over.

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