Delightful blue glass bowl, with the addition of cobalt oxides, entirely handmade with a large internal air bubble in the base, unsigned work made in Murano, Venice, around the mid-20th century, attributable to Flavio Poli.
Useful information for the evaluation of the object:
In the last photos we have placed some similar glass vases and cups, most of them unsigned (in fact in the details of the auction descriptions there is no signed writing), all sold at auction for very high prices, from €1800 up to €2500 more auction fees. Note the similarity especially with the first, in transparent yellow glass not treated with acid, like ours.
Final thoughts on the subject:
The bubble inside the base is particularly beautiful, made by blowing with a small metal straw, when the glass was still hot, very difficult to make. The base of the vase is made of very thick glass with a sommerso process, while the cup is made of extremely thin glass.
Information on artist and/or manufacturer:
Flavio Poli (Chioggia, 1900 – Venice, 1984) was an Italian designer, ceramist and painter. In 1929 Flavio Poli collaborated with the I.V.A.M. company. (Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano) - of which Libero Vitali was a member - and designed figures, to be made in solid glass. Poli was the first to address the theme of the female nude in Murano: in the Compostiera of 1929-30, he designed a central female bust, with a gripping function, one of these female nudes belonged to the collection of Duilio Cambellotti and was exhibited at the Biennale of Monza in 1930. Furthermore, for the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano he designed massive animals and for the artistic glassworks Mario and Lino Nason he created figures, in collaboration with the engraver Gino Francesconi. He also collaborated with the ancient glassworks Pauly & C.-Compagnia Venezia Murano. His drawings were made in glass by professional glassmakers, including Francesco Martinuzzi and Italo Nason, who created the series of Pudore sculptures, in pure twentieth-century style, drawing each one from a single mass of transparent, white or amber glass. Flavio Poli almost never signed his works, and is considered one of the most important Murano artists of the 20th century.