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    Posted 8 years ago

    Rick55
    (130 items)

    This abstract Murano sculpture is entitled "Tango Dancer" by Murano Glass Master Oscar Zanetti circa 1970's. It's made using the massello technique where full, not blown glass is processed under heat by modelling a block of glassy mass applied over the tip of a metal rod. The type of glass is called Calcedonia - a vitreous paste with multi-colored vanes imitating natural chalcedony, zoned agate. As you can see by the pics, the colors are amazing! This is a huge piece measuring 20" and weighing 20 lbs. Thanks for looking.

    Thank you guys who sent emails making sure I was O.K. It meant a lot to me!

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    Comments

    1. antiquerose antiquerose, 8 years ago
      ~ W ~ O ~ W ~ Rick, that is a Stunner!!

      Very Fluid murano !!

      Glad to here you are Okay.....Thank goodness !! Miss ya !!
    2. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks Rosie! It's no longer in my collection, but I had to post it. Also, thanks for the well wishes!

      Missed you too!
    3. Manikin Manikin, 8 years ago
      Stunning Rick ! Love it
    4. antiquerose antiquerose, 8 years ago
      Hope you might enjoy this vid :

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEfrIvu_cU4
    5. jscott0363 jscott0363, 8 years ago
      Rick,
      To say this piece is amazing just wouldn't do it justice. This is INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! And what a large piece this is. WOW 20 lbs!!!!!!
    6. Deano Deano, 8 years ago
      Great sculpture. Has a multitude of interesting looks, depending upon how it's viewed. Very conceptual. Good color work. Awesome, love it.
    7. mikelv85 mikelv85, 8 years ago
      So much motion in a simple form. Very cool Rick ! :)
    8. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 8 years ago
      mi sinceras felicitaciones, Rick. Que estupendas obras de arte
    9. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks so much for the great comments and love Mani, Deano, Ken, Sylvia, Mike and Scott, and thanks for the love Aura, Adele, Bonnie and Karen... It's all appreciated!

      @Rosie...Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen it before. Did you see the size of that horse? Wow!

      @ Sylvia... Muchisimas gracias, me alegro que de ha gustado la escultura, los colores me cautivan!
    10. antiquerose antiquerose, 8 years ago
      @Rick -- Yes, that is why I wanted to post that Vid link, since yours weighs so much, it is SO interesting to see how they work with these heavy pieces.

      I enjoyed the link too -- Glad to love it. Now we see why they are GLASS MASTERS !!
    11. SEAN68 SEAN68, 8 years ago
      I m loving this fabulous piece!!!
    12. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks for the love and kind comment Sean!
    13. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 8 years ago
      Hi Rick, I hope your well I haven't seen you on CW for a while. What a stunning piece, keep on posting your wonderful things :-)
    14. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks so much Jean! Yes, I'm doing great, I appreciate the well wishes :-)
    15. courtenayantiques courtenayantiques, 8 years ago
      What a fabulous piece!
    16. sklo42 sklo42, 8 years ago
      So Italian.....stylised and pared down but still flamboyant. Wonderful!
    17. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks for the love and comments Courtney and Peggy, and thanks for the love Bill, BB2, Melanie and Swfin, I appreciate it!
    18. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks so much for your comment and love Nice. Also, thanks for the love Melanie, Kevin, Fort and Katherine, I appreciate all of your guys comments and love!
    19. Gillian, 8 years ago
      This is an amazing piece of glass - the colours and the design are incredible. I'm so glad I got to see this.
      Thanks too for the write up.
      All the best!
    20. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      You're welcome Gillian, I'm glad you liked it!
    21. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks for the love Nice, Midnight, Lisa and HO2, I appreciate it!
    22. inky inky, 8 years ago
      Can you get it to keep still while I try and have a good look at it please?..fantastic!!.. :-)
    23. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Lol Thanks Penny... he does move around a lot huh? Also, thanks for the love Radegunder and Yvonne, I appreciate your guys comments and love!
    24. martika martika, 8 years ago
      It is gorgeous.... How did I miss this beauty for so long?
    25. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks for the kind comment Martika... Better late than never right?
    26. OneGoodFind OneGoodFind, 8 years ago
      Love, Love! Incredible!!
    27. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 8 years ago
      Wow, 20lbs is crazy! This must be awesome in person...I know what you had to make room for tho!!! haha I'm sort of close to Knott's Berry Farm and as a kid I used to love standing there watching the glass blowers. Everything they made was tiny but amazing! Needless to say, I loved watching that video linked to you.

      Oh wow, I also see three months ago and you got better. That's a great thing too.
    28. Rick55 Rick55, 8 years ago
      Thanks so much for the great comments and love Tonja, Gary and Share, and thanks to all of you that loved, I was really late on this one :-)

      @Gary... That's really cool! I appreciate the link, and of course we're going to check one out :-) Thanks so much!

      @Share... Thank you I appreciate that :-) Yeah 20 pounds is heavy, but as you know the aquarium is much heavier, and I have a Barbini Murano fish that's more than that although I have no clue how much, but I know it's heavier :-)
    29. apostata apostata, 8 months ago
      strange way to do research , the question ought to be are there coming blanks from 010 factories

      question 2 is this base used conform the zanetti bases

      question 3 is the massello technick limited to zanetti

      1= yes
      2=yes
      3=NO

      it highly likely is ok , but you can,t extrapolate by means of one determinant

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