Auction: 20th Century Design - 2257Location: BostonDate / Time: December 11, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Murano Glass
Ercole Barovier
Pair of pesanti (peasant) figures
Vetreria Artistica Barovier & Cie, Venice, Italy, c. 1934
Sea green, red, white, and colorless glass with gold metallic accents some loss to colorless edge behind base flower
approx. ht. 9 7/8 in. (25.08 cm)
Reference: Marina Barovier, (ed.),Art of the Barovier, Arsenale, Verona, 1993, pp. 97-99
Estimate $4,000-6,000