Bowl finished with a light etching at the carving wheel, crafted with murrine in black pasta vitrea and red and white murrine arranged to look like a serpent twisted into a spiral.

Engraved: venini italia.
2 3/8 in. high x 14 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (6.1 x 36.2 x 24.7 cm)
Exhibitions:
1940, Venice, 22nd Biennale Internazionale d’Arte; 2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design; 2001, Milan, Murano:
Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu,
Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Venini, grey catalogue, n. 4873;
G. Dell’Oro, 1940, p. 54; G. Ponti, 1940, p. 69; Domus, 1951, October,
p. 29; G. Mariacher, 1954, p. 169;
R. Aloi, 1955, p. 22; A. Gasparetto, 1960, n. 37; Mille anni…, 1982, n. 531;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1982, p. 283;
W. Neuwirth, 1987, p. 200;
F. Deboni, 1989, nn. 65, 71-73;
M. Karasik, 1989, n. 32; H. Ricke, 1990, p. 23; M. Barovier, 1991, nn. 45, 51; Vetri di Murano…, 1991, p. 119;
L’arte del vetro…, 1992, p. 251;
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti,
A. Dorigato, 1995, n. 59; F. Deboni, 1996, n. 197; M. Barovier, 1997,
p. 221; R. Barovier Mentasti, 1998, n. 97; M. Barovier, 1999, p. 187;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 67;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 101.