Rare headless sirena figure in coral glass paste with gold leaf decoration
designed in 1930 circa
executed in 1970 circa
glass paste
signed A. Barbini on the underside
Alfredo Barbini, Murano, Venice
Provenance
From a distinguished private collection, Venice, Italy
Literature
Sotheby's catalogue, Vetri di Murano: La Collezione Storica Pauly, 2005, lots 259, 260, for a similar model
Specialist Notes
At the request of C.V.M. Pauly &.C in the early 1970s, Alfredo Barbini and Napoleone Martinuzzi produced a series of items previously designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi in the early 1930s. Unlike those previously produced, these glasses bear the signature of Barbini or the signature of Barbini and Martinuzzi together
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