Yoichi Ohira, Unique ‘Polvere con finestre’ vase

1998
Hand-blown glass canes with murrine and powder inserts.
23.6 cm (9 1/4 in.) high
Executed by Livio Serena, master glassblower, Murano, Italy. Underside incised Yoichi Ohira - m° L. Serena/1 / 1 unico 21.10.1998/murano and with artist's cipher.

Provenance:
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2000

Exhibited:
'Yoichi Ohira: A Phenomenon in Glass: A Retrospective Exhibition', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 19 September–9 November 2002

Literature:
Rosa Barovier Mentasti, William Warmus and Suzanne Frantz, Yoichi Ohira: A Phenomenon in Glass, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2002, illustrated pp. 151, 377

Property of a Private Collector, New York