Paolo Venini (1895-1959), a rare vase from 'Dama' series, ca. 1950
hand-blown glass murrine
ca. 24 cm (height)
signed with three-line acid stamp 'venini murano ITALIA'

Excellent condition

LITERATURE:

Different examples from the series and illustration of technique in the following:
M. Barovier, C. Sonego, Paolo Venini and his Furnace, exh. cat., Venice: Le Stanze del Vetro, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milano 2016.
F. Deboni, Venini Glass: Its history, artists and techniques, Volume 1, Turin, 2007, The Blue Catalogue (appendix), pl. 58 (illustration of model 3904);
M. Heiremans, Murano Glass: Themes and Variations (1910-1970), Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, Germany, 2007, p. 29, fig, 16 (illustration of present example);