Luciano Gaspari for Salviati Red and Green Sommerso Vase c1965

Description

Heading : Murano Ruby Red and Green Sommerso Vase
Date : 1950-1970
Origin : Murano. Italy
Bowl Features : round in section. extended elliptical profile with narrow aperture to mouth; cased in clear over ruby read and green
Marks : none
Size : 25.5 cm tall – 9.0 cm diameter at widest point – 5.2 cm diameter base
Condition : Excellent; the tiniest of nicks to the rim at the base and some minute bubble inclusions
Restoration : None
Weight : 1613 grams

Additional Information : Unmarked sommerso glass is notoriously difficult to identify; the best one can hope for is to happen upon common usage of colour combinations. shape and proportion. which in this instance would suggest the names of Franco Schiavon and Ars Cenedese as possible sources. However. we have located an identical signed example by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati. From 1955 to 1968 Gaspari was art director for Salviati. In 1960 he started collaborating with Livio Seguso the master of Sommerso and this is the result. The influence of Seguso and the rubino designs is most evident.