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Period: 1980s
Color:  Black
Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire
Located in valatie, NY
Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire by Yanni Petsopoulos. Abbeville Press, 1982. First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. The author analyzes the p...
Category

American Vintage 1980s Tribal Art

Materials

Paper

Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire
Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire

Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire

Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head
By Alfredo Rossi, Ernesto Purisiol
Located in New York, NY
Amazing modern head in an ethnic design inspired by the Easter Island statues, very expressive mouth-blown sculpture in black Murano glass worked ...
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Italian Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Tribal Art

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Blown Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass

Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head

Italian Modernist Black Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture in the Shape of a Head

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