One of the most magnificent and overwhelming pieces of fine MURANO art glass you will ever see. This piece is HUGE, with masterful styling and glitters with gold AVENTURINE. You will need a very special place in your home to display this masterpiece of art glass from the world renowned glass studios of Murano Island in Venice, Italy. Magnificent & Monumental Mid Century Modern. Sommerso CASED GLASS Centerpiece Bowl in WHITE glittering throughout with GOLD Aventurine Flecks, made in MURANO Venice ITALY by Alfredo Barbini in the early to mid 1950’s. It gives the illusion of a huge bird spreading its wings. It will want an important and central space to display it! This is the BIGGEST centerpiece you will find – a full 22″ across x 7″ high x 6 wide in the classic mid-century White with Gold Aventurine flecks coloration in thick, heavy sommerso cased glass. It weighs in at nearly 8 pounds of glass. In the Barbini “winged” form with a heavily lobed base. This piece is NOT marked, but this winged form is particularly characteristic of mid-century Barbini and was a specialty of the Barbini studio. In excellent vintage condition, with no chips, cracks, breaks or repairs. Fine glass webs on one of the wings still intact as new. Remnants of label only. This is a very LARGE and HEAVY piece of ART GLASS. The item “Huge! BARBINI MURANO Glass Vase Mid Century Modern GOLD Aventurine Italy vintage” is in sale since Thursday, July 13, 2017. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Glass\Art Glass\Italian”. The seller is “merrivaleflyer” and is located in Marblehead, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

• UPC: Does Not Apply
• Brand: Alfredo Barbini
• Where made: Murano Venice Italy Venetian
• Era: Mid Century Modern 1950’s
• Color: White with Gold Aventurine Flecks
• Size: Very Large 22″ wide x 7″ high x 6″ wide
• Form: Winged centerpeice center piece bowl vase
• Style: Heavy Sommerso cased Glass with lobed base
• Related to: Murano Glass Vase Murano Glass Beads Licata
• Related to 2: Center piece Centerpiece Millefiori Bianconi
• related to 3: Decanter Chandelier Tazza Lamp Birds Paperweight
• related to 4: Figurine
• City of Origin: Murano
• Object Type: Vase
• Main Color: Gold
• Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
• Glassmaking Technique: Hand Blown
• Features: aventurine