


Lot 40
Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) Vase
circa 1930
model no. 5935, for MVM Cappellin, black glass applied with silver foil and lightly iridized surface, applied skull cap foot, acid stamp 'MVM Cappellin Murano'
height 8 1/2in (22cm); diameter 4 1/2in (11.5cm)
circa 1930
model no. 5935, for MVM Cappellin, black glass applied with silver foil and lightly iridized surface, applied skull cap foot, acid stamp 'MVM Cappellin Murano'
height 8 1/2in (22cm); diameter 4 1/2in (11.5cm)
7 October 2021, 11:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$27,812.50 inc. premium
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Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978)
Vase
circa 1930
model no. 5935, for MVM Cappellin, black glass applied with silver foil and lightly iridized surface, applied skull cap foot, acid stamp 'MVM Cappellin Murano'
height 8 1/2in (22cm); diameter 4 1/2in (11.5cm)
circa 1930
model no. 5935, for MVM Cappellin, black glass applied with silver foil and lightly iridized surface, applied skull cap foot, acid stamp 'MVM Cappellin Murano'
height 8 1/2in (22cm); diameter 4 1/2in (11.5cm)
Footnotes
Provenance
Private Collection, United States
Exhibited
IVe Triennale, Monza, 1930 (model first presented)
Literature
Marino Barovier, 'Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect', Skira, 1998, p. 262 (archive photograph of the model)
Marino Barovier, 'The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa 1925-1931', Skira, 2018, p. 284