South African and International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 30 July 2014
Glass
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 261
About this Item
Libochovice, Czech Republic
A Libochvice glassworks frosted 'Head' vase, designed by Adolf Matura, 1972, pattern number 3484
Notes
This design was shown on the cover of Czechoslovak Glass Review in 1974 and on the inside back cover of an issue in 1979.
Literature
Hill, Mark. (ed.) (2008) Hi Sklo Lo Sklo: Post War Cezch Glass Design from Masterpiece to Mass-produced, London: Mark Hill Publishing. Identical example illustrated on page 85.
Langhamer, A. (2003) The Legend of Bohemian Glass: A Thousand Years of Glassmaking in the Hearth of Europe, Tigris. Identical example illustrated on page 190.
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