DAZZLING CZECH ART GLASS CHRIBSKA BOWL DESIGNED BY PROF JOSEF HOSPODKA FOR CHRIBSKA

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A MAGNIFICENT AND ORGANIC-SHAPED 1980s CHRIBSKA CZECH ART GLASS VASE, DESIGNED BY PROF JOSEF MICHAL HOSPODKA (1923-1989).

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 from the Chribska Glass factory which has been in operation since 1414!!  With armies of collectors internationally now snapping up 20th Century Czech art glass, these high quality items of innovative design are becoming both harder to find and more collectable by the day.

Design : probably 1970s for the Chribska Glass factory / Width : 295 x 140 mm / Height 110 mm / Depth 40 mm / Weight : 1,948 kg

Vintage glass with the usual age-related indications of wear (scuffing/minor scratches) on its base : overall in excellent condition

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. This magnificent vase is an original and rare, hand-made Czech art glass vase (and not Italian Murano, Daum, Orrefors, Flygsfors, Swarovski, Leerdam, Val St Lambert, Whitefriars or Lalique studio glass). I personally sourced & imported this beauty from the Czech Republic for my own private collection. Appreciation and acknowledgement to Messrs Mark Hill and Jindrich Parik for their invaluable archival and reference material. XKO3B