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PA O L O V E NI NI Monumental Opalino vase, model 3655 Italy, 1950 | Venini | 6 ¾ dia × 19 ½ h in (17 × 50 cm)
opaline glass Signed with three-line acid stamp to underside: [Venini Murano Italia]. Signed with manufacturer’s label to underside: [Venini Murano Venezia N. 3655m Made in Italy]. $ 3,000 – 5,000 Literature: Paolo Venini and his Furnace, Barovier and Sonego, pg. 144 illustrates model Il Vetro Di Murano Alle Biennali 1895–1972, Barovier, Barovier Mentasti, and Dorigato, pg. 78 illustrates series Provenance: Private Collection, Milan
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PA O L O V E NI NI Opalino vase, model 3902 Italy, 1952 | Venini | 4 ¾ dia × 11 h in (12 × 28 cm)
opaline glass Signed with circular three-line acid stamp to underside: [Venini Murano Italy]. Signed with applied foil label to underside: [Venini S.A. Murano]. $ 2,000 – 3,000 Literature: Il Vetro Di Murano Alle Biennali 1895–1972, Barovier, Barovier Mentasti, and Dorigato, pg. 78 illustrates series Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921–1986, Diaz de Santillana, pg. 104, pl. 50 illustrates model Venini Glass: Its History, Artists and Techniques, Deboni, blue catalog, pg. 58 illustrates model