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The Golden Horse
Murano / Italian Studio Glass
- DESCRIPTION
- The horse has carried mythological weight across every culture that has worked with it. This Murano rendition renders the animal in warm amber glass with a clear mane and tail: the body is a single large gather shaped while hot, the extremities - legs, muzzle, ears, mane - added as individual hot elements fused directly to the form.
- DIMENSIONS
- 5"L x 2.5"W x 7"H
- MEDIUM
- Vintage hand-blown amber and clear glass horse figurine
- EDITION
- Unique / One-of-a-kind (Condition: Very good vintage condition)
- PERIOD
- Italy - Mid-20th century; Vintage
- PROVENANCE
- Glass horse figurines from the Murano studios occupy a distinct collecting category, with the finest examples - particularly those showing exceptional modelling of the head and mane - consistently appearing at auction and in specialist dealers' inventories.
Sold — Not Available
This piece has found its home and now resides quietly in a private collection.
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