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Light Purple Cylinder Art Glass Vase handmade by Gunnel Sahlin with abstract Black and white Center for Kosta Boda, Sweden.
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Light Purple Cylinder Art Glass Vase handmade by Gunnel Sahlin with abstract Black and white Center for Kosta Boda, Sweden.
Gunnel Sahlin was with Kosta Boda between 1986-2005, this piece is made circa 1990.
Encased with a clear Glass Layer and in very good vintage condition.
The original label is placed at the base from the outside. Engraved and numbered underneath.
Kosta Boda, G. Sahlin 7040222.
The opening measures 2 inches in diameter.
Sahlin’s current passions include exploring the limits of glass materiality, color, form and light taking her inspiration from the natural world around her. Sahlin was born in Umeå, northern Sweden, and studied at Stockholm’s University College of Arts, Crafts & Design. She has over 20 years' experience in the Swedish glass industry.
She has held a professorship at Stockholm’s College of Art, Craft and Design, as well as the renowned Pilchuck Glass School in the US. Between 1986-2005, she was designer at Kosta Boda, Sweden’s most prestigious brand of glassware and glass art.
Sahlin has exhibited extensively in Europe, Japan & the US and received many awards including Working Grant Swedish Art Council (2005), Excellent Swedish Design (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997), St. Johns Masonic Lodge Award (1993), and a Working Grant, Eklund Scholarships Fund (1984).
She is represented in; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden • Tel Aviv Museum, Israel • Museum of Glass, Corning, USA • Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Denmark • Art gallery of Western Australia • Smålands Museum, Växsjö, Sweden
A-858-335
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- Dimensions
- 5ʺW × 5ʺD × 10ʺH
- Artist
- Gunnel Sahlin
- Brand
- Kosta Boda
- Styled After
- Glass Studio, Murano
- Holmegaard
- Kastrup
- Murano
- Murano Glass Sommerso
- Murano, Venini & Co.
- Orrefors
- Otto Brauer
- Per Lutken Holmegaard
- Venice & Murano Co.
- Period
- 1990s
- Country of Origin
- Sweden
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Art Glass
- Blown Glass
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Violet
- Condition Notes
- Very Good Original Condition. Very Good Original Condition. less
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