"J Pulcino"

Maker: Alessandro Pianon for Vetreria Vistosi

Origin: Italian

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Year: circa1961

Description

A whismical Italian Mid-Century Modern art glass  "J Pulcino" (chick) bird designed by, Alessandro Pianon for Vetreria Vistosi, circa 1962. The bird is decorated in a green body with red and blue murrine decoration with applied millifiore eyes and sits on raised copper feet. 

Similar examples are exhibited: at 
The Museum Of Fine Arts - Houston, TX.
Eretz Israel Museum - Tel Aviv, ISR.
Corning Museum of Glass - Corning, NY. 
Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, OH.