Astrale
Designer
Pierpaolo Seguso
(Italian, born 1974)
Manufacturer
Seguso Vetri d'Arte
(Italian, founded 1933)
CultureItalian
Date2015
MediumBlown glass
Dimensions15 × 4 × 7 in. (38.1 × 10.2 × 17.8 cm)
SignedBottom in engraved script “Seguso Vetri D’Arte Murano.”
Credit LineGift of Vernon Hill
Object number2020.13.2
DescriptionA very heavy, tear-drop shaped blown glass vase that has a thin neck with a tiny opening; the thick colorless glass has a linear tear-drop pattern of black glass that replicates the shape of the vase, appearing repeatedly and concentrically, gradually becoming smaller as the motif moves inward to the center of the vessel in an illusionistic manner. There are a few air bubbles visible, and the vessel is signed on the bottom in engraved script “Seguso Vetri D’Arte Murano.” Astrale is made with the techniques of incalmo (joining two bubbles) and overlain decoration on sommerso.
ProvenanceGift of Vernon Hill to Chrysler Museum, June 2020.
