A murrine

A vetro mosaico vase crafted with spiraling white and yellow, and white and red murrine. The central part is decorated with a stripe ofavventurina glass, creating a greca pattern with the use of white and blue murrine.
Signed with a glass murrina bearing the initials AB, above which rises a crown.
11 7/16 in. high (29 cm)

Exhibitions:
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1992, n. 38;
M. Barovier, 1993, n. 50;
M. Barovier, 1994, n. 1;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 93;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 3;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 5.