NUMBERED FUNKY MODERNIST `HARLEQUIN` SCULPTURAL VASE : MODERN CZECH ART GLASS DESIGN AT ITS BEST!

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FUNKY MODERNIST 'HARLEQUIN' CZECH ART GLASS SCULPTURAL VASE

CONTEMPORARY CZECH ART GLASS AT ITS VERY BEST!

THE VASE IS NUMBERED 12368/26 : THIS IS VERY RARE AND IT MEANS THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE PIECE, MOST PROBABLY EITHER A VERY EXPENSIVE 'UNIKAT' ITEM (WHICH IS A ONCE-OFF STUDIO ITEM) OR A HIGHLY-VALUED ITEM FOR PURPOSES OF DEMONSTRATION/TEACHING/EXHIBITING

EITHER WAY, THIS IS CERTAINLY A VERY RARE VASE AT AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD PRICE

- Height : 261 mm / Weight : 3,208 kg

- Excellent overall condition but with a fair degree wear and some scratches on its base (indicating that this may well have been a demonstration/sample/exhibition specimen)

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.

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* 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. XKOBUIC5 SW