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Details showing "inclamo" technique:

Bolle bottles
(set of 5)

designer:
Tapio Wirkkala

design year:
1968

manufacturer:
Venini, Italy

materials:
Murano glass

notes:
This series of five bottles, designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1968 for Venini, employs the "Incalmo" technique wherein two different types of glass, worked separately, are fused together to obtain, within a single object, separate areas differentiated by colors.

This technique was developed and perfected by the master glass-workers at Venini.

Set includes five different bottles:
green/yellow/violet (Ø 5", height: 15.5")
grey/amethyst (Ø 4.75", height: 8.75")
grey/aquamarine (Ø 3.75", height: 13.75")
straw yellow/apple green (Ø 5", height: 10")
straw yellow/red (Ø 7.25", height: 7")

price:
$8,240.00