Live Auction 17273Thinking Italian Design
PAOLO VENINI (1895-1959)
Lot 74 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BIANCA CARRARO

PAOLO VENINI (1895-1959)

A 'Mezzaluna Murrine' vase, model no. 3670, circa 1954

Closed16 October 2019

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GBP 18,750

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PAOLO VENINI (1895-1959)
A 'Mezzaluna Murrine' vase, model no. 3670, circa 1954
dark amethyst and lattimo glass mezzaluna murrine
executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy
12 ½ x 4 in. square (32 x 10 cm.)
underside with two manufacturer's paper labels VENINI/MURANO VENEZIA/MADE IN ITALY, one furhter inscribed with N. 3670

Specialist note


The present model was part of a series of glass designs by Paolo Venini exhibited by Venini & C. in occasion of the XXVII Venice Biennale, in 1954. Executed in Mezzaluna Murrine, the production of this series involved fusing together several glass tassels or Murrine with the characteristic Mezzaluna (half-moon) motif to create geometric, sculptural forms.