Pulcino (Little BIrd)
Pulcino (Little BIrd)
Designer
Alessandro Pianon
Italian, 1931 - 1984
Designer
Peter Pelzel
Manufacturer
Vetreria Vistosi
Dateabout 1962
Dimensions10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
MediumBlown, colorless and transparent soda-lime glass, with mosaic cane inclusions; steel wire.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Charles R. Johnson, Lambertville, Michigan
Object number
2016.244B
Not on View
McFadden, David Revere, et al., Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Collection, New York, American Craft Museum, 2001, n. 181.
Dorigato, Attilia, L'Arte del Vetro a Murano, Venezia, Arsenale Editrice, 2002, p. 333.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Hot Spot: Contemporary Glass from Private Collections, April 15-Sept. 18, 2016.
late 9th-10th century CE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably mid-first century
Late second to early third century
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