Murano Glass Millefiori Mosaic Bowl - Blue

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 DP_MFCEST_BL
This magnificent Murano Glass bowl is a fine example of centuries-old Millefiori technique featuring raised pieces of colorful glass mosaics fused into rich cobalt-blue background. This square-shaped Murano bowl has a slightly uneven form characteristic of a true handcrafted piece of art and is a beautiful decorative piece with extraordinary depth and radiance.
This beautiful authentic Murano Glass bowl with artistic slightly uneven form was painstakingly crafted by hand using only traditional glass-making methods by a third-generation Murano maestro, whose work is displayed at exhibitions and in museums worldwide. This Murano piece will add a decorative artistic touch from Venice to your home and impress your dinner guests when you put it full of sweets, fruits, or berries on your table. Exquisite and unique, this Murano Glass bowl also makes perfect Venetian gift for important occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, or weddings.

The bowl is approximately 4 x 4 inches and 2 1/2 inches tall. This Murano glass masterpiece has etched signature of the master on the bottom. Attached sticker further proves its Murano origin, as does the certificate of authenticity that comes with the bowl.
Because each item is a unique work of art made by hand, slight variations of colors and patterns are possible.

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It all starts with cutting special Millefiori canes into small pieces and carefully sorting them by hand inside a Murano Glass factory in Venice, Italy. The next step is dipping a ball of hot glass into the bowls of Millefiori pieces of appropriate colors to create a unique design and pattern. Then the master holds the glass inside a hot furnace until the Millefiori beads get completely infused into the surface of the future glass object. Next, the master shapes up the object turning it into a Murano Glass bowl, centerpiece or a plate using only very simple instruments to stretch and form the glass, creating waves and folds in its surface so real that they seem to be moving. Going back and forth between the furnace and the bench, heating, blowing, shaping, twisting each piece, artisans create Murano Glass Millefiori centerpieces, vases, bowls, ashtrays and decorative plates based on decades of experience in their factories and workshops on Murano island.