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A RARE AUBERGINE CZECH SCULPTURAL ART GLASS VASE, DESIGNED BY OLDRICH LIPSKY FOR EXBOR IN 1960
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Discover the dazzling & magical world of superbly beautiful hand-made Czech art glass from the 1950s to 1990s with this link:
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A RARE FIND!! An Exbor vase, with cut front and back, designed by Oldrich Lipsky in 1960, the base with polished concave pontil mark. This design was produced for many years and can be found in a number of different sizes and colours. This particular example is 200mm high and it is rarely found in this size (as the typical height is around 150mm).
Lipsky's colours tend to be sober and austere, while the clean-lined sculptural shape is typical of Exbor designs at the time and challenging to form. The simply cut front and back panels offer a window into the form, with its tubular recess reacting with the undulations to create an optical effect. The sides are rounded to maximise this effect, which recalls modern abstract art of the time. (Mark Hill, Hi Sklo Lo Sklo, p. 116).
Rare hand-made art glass from behind the Iron Curtain : a unique opportunity to own your very own, very beautiful piece of 20th Century European History!
>> PRICE BENCHMARK : US $408 plus $43 shipping plus import tax <<
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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.
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- Height : 200mm
- Weight : 934g
* Postage & packing costs : R120 via Postnet.
* The item will be packed to withstand an earthquake!
* Please do have a look at my other Czech art glass items on offer : simply click on 'All Items' (top right of this screen).
PLEASE NOTE
Glass from the mid-20th century is vintage glassware and age related signs of wear such as small fine surface scratches/marks should be expected. The items are hand-made, they may have imperfections such as bubbles, inclusions and lumps within the glass. Tool marks from where they have been shaped and worked in the manufacturing process can often be seen. As this indicates authenticity and forms an inherent part of the character of handmade crystal glass, these are normally not considered as faults by collectors..jpg)
This magnificent item is a rare, hand-made Czech art glass vase (and not Italian Murano, Daum, Orrefors, Flygsfors, Leerdam, Val St Lambert, Whitefriars, Swarovski or Lalique studio glass). I personally handpicked this beauty for my own private collection and imported it from the Czech Republic. With retirement on the horizon I regrettably have to scale down and I hope that this wonderful bowl will provide its new owner with much joy! XKO4B
