Designed and executed at a time when the Murano art glass industry was reinventing itself, this diminutive Mosaico vase seems to capture the essence of spring. It depicts a floral landscape in bloom, using simplified naturalistic forms. What makes the visual impact of this and other Artisti Barovier vases from the period so powerful, is the masterful use of vibrant, semi-transparent murrines combined with an abstract, almost childlike rendering of floral subject matter. In recent years the market for Mosaico vases has risen dramatically and for good reason — their rarity, beauty and quality make them truly desirable objets d’art.