Suite of Three Submerged Glass Bottles with Gold Inclusion by Cenedese, Circa 19

Exceptional Set of Three Murano Glass Vases by Cenedese, Italian Mid-Century Modern, circa 1970s A vibrant and highly collectible set of three Italian Murano glass vases, executed b...

Elegant, Italian Venetian, Bowl, Blown Murano Glass, Light-Green, Signed Cenedese, 1970s. This bowl is a unique portrait, entirely handcrafted in blown Murano Glass, in the Venetian Murano island. It is a massive bowl...

Incredible CENEDESE Murano glass multicolor with inclusions of marine animals, silver and gold circa 1950 large vase.

Great color combination. The filigree/filigrana glass is a cane with a color inside. Usually clear on the outside with a core in colored or opaque glass. Most used are white or black filigrana. This is a self-made filigrana as there is a green coating over an Amethyst core, making the Amethyst almost a dark bronze color. The other cane is clear with amethyst. The twisting (mena in muranese, or ritorto) makes a lay with the back of the vase almost as it is a reticello (once called filigrana, so that explains the term mezza filigrana). The special color combination was then rolled over pure gold leaf, highlighted with the iridescence smoke and then covered with another layer of high temperature glass to make the gold vivid. The vase is quite large and carries a squared mouth, in a way of Carlo Scarpa mezza filigrana vases...