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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Spring Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  17 Nov 2014 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 219) 10.30am
  17 Nov 2014 ~ Session 2 (Lots 220 - 503) 2pm
  18 Nov 2014 ~ Session 3-7 (Lots 504 - 1129) 10.30am
• Lot #:
  656
• Lot Description:
  A Italian Venini Fazzoletti 'Anai' pattern vase, Murano, second half of the 20th century
  30cm high
• Notes:
  The "canna" cane or rod, is a drawn glass element with a circular cross-section. Invented on Murano in the first half of the 16th century, the "Fillgrana" technique is a refined decorative process done while the glass is hot. The first step in this technique involves making glass rods, usually opaque milk white, coloured smooth or spiralling canes, which are embedded to an outer layer of clear transparent or lightly coloured glass. There are different kinds of filigree, such as "Fillgrana a reticello" which forms a delicate mesh. "Filigrana a retortoli" is spiralling twisted wires - called "Zanfirico" after the name of the Venetian antiques dealer Antonio Sanquirico, who ordered numerous items made using this technique in the first half of the 19th century. The Venini version of "Zanfirico" is filigree with a number of twisted wires. This can be seen in some of the "Fazzolleti" range.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

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• Category:
  Glass

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