"Quattro Fori" Vases by Flavio Barbini for Alfredo Barbini

Large Murano Glass vase by Alfredo Barbini for Barbini. Clover-shaped thick glass body with hand-blown glass natural imperfections

Rare table lamp by Alfredo Barbini for Barbini. Large Murano glass opaline sphere with a central crystal stripe. An emotional table-sized full moon.

Remarkable piece by Barbini. Asymmetrical vetro sonoro piece.

Set of thee Murano glass vases attributed to Barbini. Size refers to the bigger piece.

Alfredo Barbini Incalmo vase with an applied murine studded collar. A large and unusual vase by a master blower.

Murano glass vase designed and produced by Alfredo Barbini in 1970. With original labels. Biography Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) one of the greatest Murano glass artists of the 20th century. He learned the traditional techniques of glass blowing during his adolescence as an apprentice at the Franchetti Crystals and at SAIAR Ferro Toso. He then worked in the Zecchin-Martinuzzi Furnace alongside the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, the collaboration lasted from 1932-1936 creating the first solid glass sculptures designed by Martinuzzi, this experience will be fundamental for his artistic training. After the closure of the factory, he became a first-rate teacher at the V.A.M.S.A. (Murano Artistic Glass Company, Anonymous Society). Here, too, his contribution in the field of glass sculpture is remarkable, and in that of thick materials, with particular chromatic effects, such as the so-called “smoked glass”. He carries out works based on drawings by the painter Luigi Scarpa Croce...

Mid century Murano glass "Scavo" Vase by Alfredo Barbini, the "Scavo" technic is that imitates the effect caused by long periods spent underground, typical of glass objects found dur...

Glass planter made by Alfredo Barbini, Barbini glassworks Murano, 70s. Murano glass. Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) One of the greatest Murano glass artists of the twentieth century. He...