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Canali e Fondamento Vase from Passegiatta Venezia Series

Yoichi Ohira (Japanese, active in Italy, 1946–2022)
Glass by: Livio Sereno (Italian, born in 1942)
Carved by: Giacamo Barbini (Italian, born in 1951)
Japanese
2002
Object Place: Venice, Italy

Medium/Technique Hand-blown glass and murrine with powder inserts and gold leaf, partial battuto surface, a ghiaccio effect
Dimensions Overall: 26.4 x 17.1 x 17.1 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2017.4764.4
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionVase in series. At far right in image. Passegiatta Venezia series of 4 vases, made with Maestro Livio Serena and Maestro Giacomo Barbini
ProvenanceSold by the artist to Barry Friedman Ltd., New York; March 19, 2003, sold by Barry Friedman to Daphne Farago (b. 1924 - d. 2017), Little Compton, RI; 2017, bequest of Daphne Farago to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)