Glass vase, sandcasted with abstract floral motifs, by Bertil Vallien

An image of Vessel/Glass. Vase. Vallien, Bertil (Swedish, b.1938). Clear glass, sandcasted with abstract floral motifs on the exterior. Cylindrical with thick walls and flat base. Height, whole, 11, cm, diameter, whole, 7.5, cm, circa 1960-1970. Production Note: Bertil Vallien is the most celebrated glass artist in Sweden, renowned for sandcasted glass, a technique he developed from industrial bronze casting. This piece dates from the start of his career. It was made at the glassworks at Åfors.

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Vessel/Glass. Vase. Vallien, Bertil (Swedish, b.1938). Clear glass, sandcasted with abstract floral motifs on the exterior. Cylindrical with thick walls and flat base. Height, whole, 11, cm, diameter, whole, 7.5, cm, circa 1960-1970. Production Note: Bertil Vallien is the most celebrated glass artist in Sweden, renowned for sandcasted glass, a technique he developed from industrial bronze casting. This piece dates from the start of his career. It was made at the glassworks at Åfors.

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Accession Number: C.2-2014
© Bertil Vallien. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 785 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 260.43kB
Exposure time: 4294967/536870912
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 536870912/16777216
Captured: 2014:05:06 11:50:59

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