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Thomas Stearns

Rare Vase

Lot closes

November 15, 02:37 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 25,000 EUR

Starting Bid

18,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Thomas Stearns 

Rare Vase

  

doppio incalmo coloured glass, clear glass

acid signed venini/murano/ITALIA to the underside 

Venini & C. edition, Murano, Italy

Designed in 1962 circa

15,5 x 16 x 14 cm; 6⅛ x 6¼ x 5½ in.

Private collection, Italy

M. Barovier, C. Sonego, Thomas Stearns alla Venini, Exhibition catalogue, Milan 2019, pp. 103, 131 (for a similar example)

F. Deboni, Venini Glass, Catalogue 1921-2007, Volume 2, Turin, 2007, p. 235 (for a similar example)

The vase is similar to the famous ‘Cappello del Doge’ model, but it is distinct from the classic models in the hole’s central position and his more symmetrical shape