Description
- Murano Controlled Bubbles Sommerso Bowl.. 10cm x 5cm
Sommerso means “submerged” in Italian, and that’s exactly the effect.
The glassmaker dips a colored glass form into one or more layers of differently coloured or clear glass, so each colour sits inside the next like nested shells.
Hold a piece up to the light and look through the side rather than straight down, and you’ll see distinct colour bands rather than a single solid hue.
The technique took off in Murano through the 1950s and 60s, with workshops like Seguso Vetri d’Arte and Cenedese, and with Flavio Poli’s work for Seguso, often cited as the high point of the style. A typical sommerso piece pairs two colours, amber over smoke or red over clear are both common, though three-layer pieces exist and tend to command a higher price.
Part of a large selection of MCM glass we are listing.
One of three of these bowls in this size.
Fabulous condition.
Some small shelf related marks – acceptable in a piece this age.
Glorious Blue.
Very bubbly!!
Very tactile.
12cm in diameter x 5cm tall.
Murano Controlled Bubbles Sommerso Bowl
