C dei Vetrai Large Incamiciato Murano Glass Vase | Italy – c. 1960s

A large Murano glass vase by C dei Vetrai, worked in the traditional incamiciato (cased) technique and defined by a remarkable transition of color through the glass. At 36 cm high, the vase possesses a confident physical presence, balanced by the clean, timeless simplicity of its silhouette.

Its broad rounded shoulders taper downward before opening into a widely flared rim, allowing the color intensity itself to become the primary ornament. The vessel begins in an intense, almost Klein-blue cobalt at the base, where the cased glass is thickest and most saturated. As the form rises, the tone gradually softens into a luminous, cool turquoise across the broad rim.

This subtle shift is achieved through layered glass construction, creating extraordinary optical depth that responds dynamically to ambient light appearing deep and inky in dim lighting, while glowing with translucent brilliance when illuminated. While unsignedas is standard for much of Murano’s mid-to-late 20th-century glass productionthe piece is identified as C dei Vetrai based on its distinctive wide-flared rim profile, layered incamiciato execution, and exact color pairing.

C dei Vetrai was renowned for producing bold, sculptural vessels that relied on pure geometric silhouettes and saturated, multi-layered glass rather than surface ornamentation. Retaining its hand-worked pontil scar to the base, this piece corresponds directly to documented catalog models of the period, standing as a striking example of postwar Italian glassmaking shaped as much by color and proportion as by technical skill. In very good condition, minor surface wear. Free of chips or cracks.