Large Vase 'Chinesi' by Carlo Scarpa for Venini Murano

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Large Vase 'Chinesi' by Carlo Scarpa for Venini Murano

A very rare vase from the 'Chinesi' series, designed by Carlo … Read more Large Vase 'Chinesi' by Carlo Scarpa for Venini Murano

A very rare vase from the 'Chinesi' series, designed by Carlo Scarpa around 1940. Manufactured by Venini Murano Venice. Thin, semi-transparent white, mouth-blown glass with tiny, irregular air bubbles as decoration. Venini model number 3937 A. With acid-etched three-line signature 'venini murano ITALIA' on the bottom.

Carlo Scarpa (1906 – 1978) was one of the most important architects of Italian modernism. Like his role model Frank Lloyd Wright, he was a follower of organic architecture. Scarpa worked with the M.V.M Cappelin Glassworks from 1925 to 1931 and for Venini from 1932 to 1947. His designs characterize the 20s and 30s in both companies. In the early years he created especially light blown glass designs with geometrical forms. Since the 1930s he moved to designes with heavy submerged (sommereso) glasses. Further design ideas from his signature were presented at the 19th Biennale d'Arte in Venice. Carlo Scarpa explored the interaction of glass and light in his works. Several well known glass techniques such as murrine (patterned glass made from rods), penelatte (glass with brushstroke decoration), inciso (glass with cutted lines) and battuto (beaten glass) characterise his objects. In 1961, Carlo Scarpa created a large light installation with modular polyhedra in the form of free fall for the World Exhibition in Turin.

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Measures:
Height: 12.99" (33 cm)
Diameter: 7.48" (19 cm)

Literature Reference:
Franco Deboni, Venini Glass Volume 2, Turin 2007, blue catalog page 55
Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini Catalogo Ragionato 1921-1986, Milano 2000, page 245
Marino Barovier, Vetripedia Masterpieces of Venetian Glass 1925-1945, Munich 2024, page 440 (similar shape) See less