executed by Anfora, Murano, Italy
hand-blown and applied glass
unique
16 x 14¹⁄₄ x 13¹⁄₂ in. (40.6 x 36.2 x 34.3 cm)
etched MISHIMA 2007

Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels
Acquired from the above by the present owner

R. Mishima, Ritsue Mishima Glass Works Venice: fruits of fire – frutti del fuoco, Tokyo, 2007, pp. 59, 240 (for a related example)
Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Illumination: Ritsue Mishima, exh. cat., Brussels, 2012, pp. 73, 85 (for related examples)
G. Elia et al., In Grimani Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, exh. cat., Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Venice, 2013, pp. 51, 71, 137-138 (for related examples)

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"Transparency contains all colors", Ritsue Mishima speaking on her work which beautifully plays with colorless glass to create designs filled with motion and vitality. Working in Venice, she has purposefully rejected traditional, colorful Murano glass in favor of transparent glass.