*SIGNED!! DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL MODERN CZECH ART GLASS VASE (SPACEK) WITH METAL INCLUSIONS

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ELEGANCE AND SIMPLICITY COMBINED:

A MODERN, DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL SOLID COBALT BLUE VASE WITH METAL INCLUSIONS

PROBABLY DESIGNED BY SPACEK

SIGNED!

Rare hand-made art glass from behind the Iron Curtain : a unique opportunity to acquire your very own, very beautiful piece of 21st Century European History!

- Height : 182 mm

- Width : 200 mm

- Weight : a very heavy 4,122 kg

- Excellent condition (basically brand new); minor signs of wear on base

 * Shipping costs (South Africa) : R200 via Postnet.

* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!

* You are invited to have a look at all my Czech art glass items on offer and discover the dazzling, magical world of sparkling glass!

* Simply click on 'Bookfinder' (on the top right of this screen) for a selection of 150+ rare & very beautiful items.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Along with Scandinavia and Italy, Czechoslovakia was one of the leading European producers and exporters of glass across the world during the second half of the 20th Century. The 1950s-70s saw a renaissance in Czech glass design that confirmed and re-established the country's global reputation in this area.

From behind the Iron Curtain, highly talented and exceptionally skilled designers pushed the boundaries of 20th century glass design and produced unique art glass masterpieces that went on to inspire visually stunning ranges and exquisite works of art in sparkling glass. Exported and sold around the world as ‘art glass for the home’, these modern and vibrantly coloured designs became enormously successful.

During the last five years or so international tastes and fashions have brought Czech post war art glass very much into vogue once again and hence the renewed appreciation of the glass hierarchy and the public alike. Czech art glass has rapidly been becoming the latest highly sought after additions to prized art glass collections all over the world.

* This magnificent vase is an original and rare, hand-made Czech art glass vase (and not Italian Murano, Kosta Boda, Orrefors, Flygsfors, Swarovski, Leerdam, Val St Lambert or Lalique studio glass). I personally sourced this beauty from the Czech Republic.

* Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill and Jindrich Parik for their invaluable archival and reference material. XKO5B