Guido Balsamo Stella ( Torino  1882 - Asolo  1941 )

Bottle vase with top. Execution by SALIR, Murano, drawing from 1925 ca, made in the 1940s / 50sSpherical body with applied base and narrow neck with four handles in blown crystal glass, hand-decorated in gold and black enamel with figures of African dancers. Hot-applied cap knob, handles and rim of base in opaque dark amethyst glass. Paper label of the manufacture. (h 21 cm.; d 12 cm.) Literature for vases of similar decoration: I. de Guttry, M. P. Maino, M. Quesada, Le arti minori d'autore in Italia dal 1900 al 1930, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1985, p. 82

Estimate € 900 - 1,200