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Midcentury Round Purple Amethyst "Sommerso" Murano Art Glass Italian Bowl, 1960s

About the Item

Wonderful midcentury round purple amethyst "sommerso" Murano art glass bowl. This astonishing piece was designed in Murano, Venice, Italy during the 1960s. This item is breathtaking as the precision and detail in which the Murano glass is shaped, with round perfect lines combined with a lovely purple amethyst colour. The perfect item to complete a Mid-Century Modern corner in a space-age living room project. One of the most common techniques to produce Murano Glass art is “Sommerso”, which in Italian literally means “submerged”. This technique is used to create several layers of glass (usually with different contrasting colours) inside a single object, giving the illusion of “immersed” colours that lay on top of each other without mixing. This is done by uniting different layers of glass through heat and repeatedly immersing them in pots of molten-coloured glass. This technique is quite recognizable: it is characterized by an outer layer of colourless glass and thick layers of coloured glass inside it as if a big drop of colour had been captured inside the transparent glass. When one first sees these objects, it seems almost impossible to conceive such beautiful colours being locked so perfectly inside what would seem solid glass, and then undoubtedly one begins to wonder how ever did they manage to achieve such a complex game of shapes and colors right in the middle of a clear glass object.

Dimensions:
Height: 2.37 in (6 cm)Diameter: 6.11 in (15.5 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Art Glass,Glass,Murano Glass
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1960s
Condition:
Seller Location:
Roma, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU3067332171882
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