Gino Cenedese Bottle Vase

Style Modernist
Materials Handblown Glass
Dimensions H 22cm X W 9cm X D 9cm, 0.8kg
Identifying Marks Signed & Labelled
Condition Excellent Vintage Condition
Year c.1960s
Country Italy

Hand-blown Glass Bottle Vase by Gino Cenedese for Cenedese Vetri, Murano

This beautiful bottle with stopper features transparent hand-blown Murano glass in the 'Scavo' technique. It was produced by Vetreria Gino Cenedese around the 1960s. 

Scavo means excavation in English. The technique involves applying different substances to the surface of the glass, which when heated fuse to create an effect similar to weathering, thereby imitating glass from an archeological excavation.

This piece is in excellent condition (outstanding for age) with no notches, cracks or repairs. There is some minor surface discolouration that could have occurred during the glassmaking process (see close up image). 

It is signed 'Cenedese' on the underside and still carries its original label.