a 'Murrine' glass bowl, Venini, Italy 1960's.
Turquoise and opaque glass, engraved signature venini italia. Height 6,5 cm, diameter 12 cm.
Helmut Ricke, Eva Schmidt, 'Italieniches glass Murano Mailand 1930-70', Prestel Verlag München, 1996, p 143.
The Italian glass artist Paolo Venini was one of the leading figures in the production of Murano glass. He is known for having founded the eponymous Venini & C. glassworks.
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