Murano Sommerso Vase, Yellow-Cobalt with applied glass ribs, 1960s

A vase like a small theatre: from a compact dark amber base, the glass body grows upwards in a chalice shape, amber-yellow, clear as captured summer afternoon sun — and cobalt blue glass ribs run along the outer wall like water droplets frozen in the moment of falling. The upper lip is not drawn round, but is free and saddle-shaped, with the cobalt as a dark hem tracing the form. A true Murano workshop piece from the 1960s: cast, free-blown and shaped with pincers in that very moment of glow.

With a height of 21.5 cm, a width of 14 cm and a depth of 18 cm, the vase is an expressive solitaire — on a sideboard, a console or in a bookshelf, as a sculptural statement piece that unfolds its full effect even without flowers. A remnant fragment of the original workshop label is preserved on the yellow lip, unfortunately too rubbed to be clearly legible — the character of the label (rectangular, golden) is typical for several Murano workshops of the 1960s and 70s, including Cenedese, AVEM and Salviati. The stylistic signature clearly points to the circle of the Sommerso design language of Flavio Poli and Antonio da Ros.