Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959)
Rare a Dame Murrine Vase, model 3904, circa 1953, Venini & C. Murrine glass
21.6 x 14.6 cm
3-line acid stamp
Excellent condition, old Venini paperlabel
see Wright20 69’000$ https:///auctions/2023/03/important-italian-glass/118
Etched to underside: venini, murano, ITALIA The vase was produced in a shape designed by Carlo Scarpa (Italian, 1906-1978) in the 1940s and numbered 3904 in the catalogue of Venini & C. glassworks.
LITERATURE: F. Deboni, Venini Glass: Its history, artists and techniques, Volume 1, Turin, 2007, The Blue Catalogue (appendix), pl. 58 (illustration of model 3904); M. Heiremans, Murano Glass: Themes and Variations (1910-1970), Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, Germany, 2007, p. 29, fig, 16 (illustration of present example); M. Barovier and C. Sonego, eds., Paolo Venini and his Furnace, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2016, p. 167 (illustration of similar model).