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Paolo Venini (1895-1959) Mosaico Zanfirico Vase1954for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper labelheight 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm) image 1
Paolo Venini (1895-1959) Mosaico Zanfirico Vase1954for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper labelheight 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm) image 2
Paolo Venini (1895-1959) Mosaico Zanfirico Vase1954for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper labelheight 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm) image 3
Paolo Venini (1895-1959) Mosaico Zanfirico Vase1954for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper labelheight 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm) image 4
Paolo Venini (1895-1959) Mosaico Zanfirico Vase1954for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper labelheight 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm) image 5
Lot 369

Paolo Venini (1895-1959)
Mosaico Zanfirico Vase
1954
for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper label
height 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm)

6 – 7 October 2020, 11:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$18,825 inc. premium

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Paolo Venini (1895-1959)

Mosaico Zanfirico Vase
1954
for Venini, model no. 3890, blown glass internally decorated with netted lattimo canes, acid stamp 'venini murano italia' and remnants of Venini paper label
height 9 1/4in (23.5cm); width 2 1/4in (5.5cm); depth 2 1/4in (5.5cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
'Important Italian Design', Wright, Chicago, 5 December, 2006, lot 615
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature
Marino Barovier, 'Paolo Venini and his Furnace', Milan, 2016, p. 215 (the present lot illustrated)

Exhibited
'Paolo Venini and his Furnace', San Giorgio, Venice, 2016

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