a unique sant casted glass sculpture of a boat, Kosta Boda, Sweden, probably 1980s.
Elements and differents symbols inside the glass and in relief around the hull, floating figures, crosses, a packet etc, the top with a glass dome, signed B. Vallien KOSTA BODA UNIQUE 1363989257. Length 195 cm, height ca 13 cm, width ca 15 cm, total height 50 cm, including iron stand with wires, total width 33 cm.
A few chips to edges, minute chip to the front tip.
Reportedly acquired from the last owner circa 1995.
Gunnar Lindqvist (ed), "Glass eats light", Carlssons, Borås 1999, compare similar boats illustrated.
"I make boats beause I think the form is beautiful, it carries both mystique and symbols. It applies passage. That's what life is - a voyage from start to finish" (quote by Bertil Vallien, from Gunnar Lindqvist (ed), "Glass eats light", Carlssons, Borås 1999, p 133).