Sold for:
$16,250
$16,250
Yoichi Ohira
vase
Japan/Italy / Italy, 1997 5¾ dia x 6¼ h in (15 x 16 cm)
result: $16,250
Born in 1946, Yoichi Ohira became fascinated with glass blowing while a design student in Tokyo.
In 1973 he moved to Venice and upon graduation from the Accademia di Bella Arte worked at La Fucina degli Angeli. Since 1990 Ohira has worked as an independent designer with some of Murano’s finest blowers and his technical mastery of the art form is celebrated by collectors and museums throughout the world.
This work was executed with Maestro Livio Serena. Incised signature to underside: [Yoichi Ohira M. L. Serena 1/1 Unica 1997 11/Nov. Finestre
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-06-09
