#venini

Fulvio Bianconi, Forato vase, model 4395,

Venini, Italy, c. 1951,

Sommerso glass with perforations,

13 h x 9 w x 3.5 d in (33 x 23 x 9 cm)

Clessidra is Italian for hourglass, and this handblown one by Venini is the 86th or 87th to be sold by Wright Auctions in Chicago, depending on how you count one that took two auctions to sell.

Carlo Scarpa

Vase, model no. 4116, 1936

Hand-blown corrosi glass.

Largest size ‘Fungo’ table lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini. Italy, 1950’s.