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Vase

VETRERIA FRATELLI TOSO, Murano, Venice (attributed to) (manufacturer)
Vase
 (c. 1890-1900)

Medium
glass (murrine decoration)

Measurements
25.5 × 19.7 × 15.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1996

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Venice, Italy

Accession Number
1996.200

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
In blown-glass, the high-shouldered vase of amphora shape, with two applied loop handles (each composed of a stretched section of 'cane'), rendered throughout with a 'millefiori' (stylised floral) pattern in green, white and red within a purplish-black matrix.

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