Flavio Poli Sommerso Murano Blue Green Italian Art Glass Bowl

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Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso iridescent blue green-gold fleck aventurine Italian art glass folded over rim bowl or ashtray. … Read more Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso iridescent blue green-gold fleck aventurine Italian art glass folded over rim bowl or ashtray. The bowl has a iridescent surface, blue layer with gold flecks creating a change in colors from different angles when the light hits it. It has 2 decorative folds around the rim. Would make a great display piece on any desk, dresser or coffee table. Use it as a catchall or jewelry bowl. Dimensions: 7" x 5.75" x 3"high

The sommerso technique was originally developed in the 1930's by Carlo Scarpa at Venini & Co. Sommerso (Italian for "submerged") is the Murano glassmaking technique of creating two or more layers of contrasting glass without the colours mixing together. It is formed by dipping coloured glass into molten glass of a different colour, before blowing the glass into the required form. The outermist layer is often clear. During the 1950's the sommerso style became world famous due to the work of Flavio Poli, artistic director of Seguso Vetri d'Arte.
Seguso d’Arte who made it world famous during the 1950’s. Thanks to Flavio Poli (Seguso’s artistic director from 1937 to 1963), the Seguso house discovered many variations of this technique, which included the addition of gold leaf, minerals, or bubble glass, all of which gave his pieces an iridescent golden effect. See less