EXTRA LARGE CZECH ART GLASS CHRIBSKA SCULPTURAL VASE DESIGNED BY PROF JOSEF HOSPODKA IN THE 1970s

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A MAGNIFICENT AND ORGANIC-SHAPED 1970s CHRIBSKA CZECH ART GLASS SCULPTURAL VASE, DESIGNED BY PROF JOSEF MICHAL HOSPODKA (1923-1989).

A FANTASTIC DECOR STATEMENT & A VERY GOOD BUY

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 : 1970s for the Chribska Glass factory / Height : 360 mm / Weight : 3,757 kg 

Vintage glass with minor indications of age-related wear on its base and some scuffing/rubbing on its surface: overall in very good condition.

Prof Josef Mikhal Hospodka (1923-1989) studied at the Graphic Art School in Prague from 1938 to 1940, followed by the School of Industrial Art in Prague from 1940 to 1944 under Professor Holecek.From 1945 to 1951 he ran the cutting department at the glass school at Novy Bor, before running the glass-making school at the Chribská glassworks branch until 1958. Became the head designer at Borské Sklo from 1958, and then the director of the Chribská glassworks branch of Borské Sklo froM 1964 to 1970. From 1970 to 1985, headmaster of the glass school at Kamenicky Senov, and after that a designer at the Chribská glassworks until his death. He is famous for his free blown and off-hand glass designs in particular.