1940 Carlo Scarpa Romane Murrine Murano Glass Vase

Carlo Scarpa looked back to ancient Rome for his Murrine Romane series, reinterpreting historic mosaic glass through Venini’s modernist lens. Dating to 1940, this vase is formed from sections of colored glass fused together before being shaped by Murano’s master glassmakers, creating its distinctive grid-like surface. A meeting of antiquity and Italian modernism, it captures the technical experimentation that defined Scarpa’s celebrated years at Venini.