A Prachen Glass Vase By Frantisek Koudelka c1980

Description

Heading : A Czech Prachen art glass vase
Date : c1980
Origin : Designed by Frantisek Koudelka for Prachen
Colour : Cobalt blue transitioning to pale lime
Bowl Features : Covered with graduated protrusions that become more pronounced in the lower bowl
Pontil : This is pressed glass
Type :Lead glass
Size : 32cm tall
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight :  1420grams

Additional Information : Prachen was one of the companies withing the Sklo Union. a vehicle created by the the then government to promote Czech glass abroad. Evidently artistic expression in glass was not as heavily controlled by the regime as it was in literature and the other arts. indeed glass manufacture was state sponsored as part of the drive for economic reform and the requirement for hard currency