Sold for:
$5,000
$5,000
Ercole Barovier
Pezzato vase
Barovier & Toso Italy, 1956 glass with white and amethyst tesserae 6 dia x 10½ h in (15 x 27 cm)
result: $5,000
With a career spanning more than fifty years, Ercole Barovier’s prolific output and innovative designs helped establish 20th century Murano glass as art.
Heir to one of the oldest glassmaking families in Venice, Ercole Barovier is deservedly famous for his reinterpretations of ancient techniques as well as inventive designs never before achieved.
literature: The Venetians: Modern Glass 1919-1990 , Murial Karasik Gallery, pg. 43
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-06-09
