Murano Sommerso Fishmouth Vase, Cobalt-Aquamarine, 1960s

The vase has a lively quality – as if someone had captured the water of a Mediterranean morning in glass. Deep cobalt blue sits on the inside, enveloped by a layer of clear aquamarine, with an ultra-thin coat of crystal-clear glass on the very outside. This triple Sommerso layering – perfected over decades in Murano and made iconic by designers like Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte – gives the glass its characteristic optical depth. Depending on the incidence of light, the blue core appears to float, almost like a drop just falling into water.

The upper rim is pulled in four directions, a classic fish mouth that gives the vase its sculptural presence. At 24 cm high, 16 cm wide, and 8 cm deep, it is a full-fledged solo piece – on a low side table, on a bright windowsill, or as a calming accent on a sideboard. Even without flowers, the vase functions as a pure sculpture: the solid glass, hand-blown and pulled by the glassmaker, has a pleasant weight and depth that immediately creates atmosphere in any living space.