Carlo Scarpa (1891 - 1979)

for Venini & C., light salmon coloured transparent glass, of elongated ovoid form with applied decoration 

Marino Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: I vetri di un architetto, Milan, 1997, pp.148-149, 216 (for illustration of other examples of this model)
Marina Barovier, Carlo Scarpa, I vetri di Murano, 1927-1947, Venice, 1991, p. 83 (for an illustration of another example of this model)

A well proportioned vase. The colour is slightly richer than the catalogue illustration suggests. The vase has a slightly iridescent finish. Of good overall condition. Some minor scratches around the shoulder. Some very minor scratches. Some slight wear to mark.
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In 1940 this model was presented at the VII Triennale of Milan and the XXII Biennale of Venice.