Important Italian Glass 
9 June 2012
Important Italian Glass 
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Aldo Nason

vase from the Yokohama series

A.V.E.M.
Italy, 1968
glass with metallic inclusions and murrina 14½ h × 4¾ dia in (37 × 12 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $20,000
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Guilio Radi & Aldo Nason

As founding partner and Artistic Director of A.V.E.M., Guilio Radi experimented with thickly layered glass, murrines and metallic inclusions which led to the celebrated Reazione Polichroma series. After his untimely death in 1952, partner Aldo Nason continued and expanded on these techniques, culminating in the Yokahama series of the 1960s.
Incised signature to underside: [Nason Aldo].
provenance: Jean-Claude and Colette Bester, Paris | Sotheby's Geneva, Venetian Glass 1910-1960, 10 November 1990, Lot 129
literature: Le Verrerie Européenne des Années 50, Aveline, pg. 105 illustrates this work

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