Large Vintage Mid-Century Red Swirl Italian Art Glass Centrepiece Bowl

At 45 cm wide, this Italian art glass centrepiece bowl is a piece of genuine decorative scale, the rich red tones and soft white swirl detailing giving it the confident colour and visual energy that defined Italian glass design at its most expressive in the mid-century period.

Made in Italy in the mid-century modern period, this centrepiece bowl features rich red glass with soft white swirl detailing distributed through the body, a wide rounded form, and a deep central well. The swirl technique, in which white glass is drawn through the red body in flowing patterns during the blowing process, produces a result that is unique to each piece, and the scale of this bowl, at 45 cm wide, gives the swirl decoration the space to develop fully across the surface. Italian art glass centrepiece bowls of this scale and colour quality are consistently sought after by collectors of mid-century decorative glass, and the red and white swirl combination is one of the most visually striking of the available colour pairings.

• Maker: Unknown, Italy
• Dimensions: 10 cm (H) x 45 cm (W)
• Condition: Very good, visible condition as shown in images
• Features: Rich red glass, white swirl detailing, wide rounded form, deep central well
• Period: Mid-century modern
• SKU: CBD-0131

A large-scale and visually commanding Italian art glass centrepiece. Pairs naturally with the red and white cased art glass heart bowl (SKU-00317) and the wider Art Glass collection.