Design
Design
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Venice, Italy
Alfredo Barbini | Napoleone Martinuzzi
Coral Mermaid
Lot closes
November 15, 02:02 PM GMT
Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 EUR
Starting Bid
8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Alfredo Barbini after Napoleone Martinuzzi
Coral Mermaid
Designed in 1930 circa
Executed in 1970 circa
Glass paste with gold leaf
Alfredo Barbini edition, Murano, Italy
Signed A. Barbini on the underside
30 x 16,5 cm; 11¾ x 6½ in.
Ferraris - Rocca collection, Venice, Italy
Sotheby's catalogue, Vetri di Murano: La Collezione Storica Pauly, 2005, lots 259, 260 (for similar examples)
At the request of C.V.M. Pauly &.C in the early 1970s, Alfredo Barbini and Napoleone Martinuzzi produced a series of items previously designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in the early 1930s. Unlike those previously produced, these glasses bear the signature of Barbini or the signature of Barbini and Martinuzzi together.
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