Sold for:
$17,500
$17,500
Ercole Barovier
Oriente vase
Barovier & Toso Italy, 1940 glass with polychromatic rods and silver leaf 4¾ w x 2½ d x 7¼ h in (12 x 6 x 18 cm)
result: $17,500
With a career spanning more than fifty years, Ercole Barovier’s prolific output and innovative designs helped establish 20th century Murano glass as art.
Heir to one of the oldest glassmaking families in Venice, Ercole Barovier is deservedly famous for his reinterpretations of ancient techniques as well as inventive designs never before achieved.
literature: Art of the Barovier: Glassmakers in Murano 1866-1972 , Barovier, pg. 143
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-06-09
