Murano Glass Vases at Ex Chiesa di Santa Chiara

Perhaps nowhere can the evolution of Murano glass design and decoration be observed so well as by viewing vases and vessels.  Though sculpting glass into vessels is a practice as old as glass work itself, the colors, shapes, sizes and textures have constantly developed under the hands of Murano glass masters whose famous techniques of decorating vases go well beyond painting and carving to include:  murrine/millefiore glass; glass of a thousand flowers, sommerso glass; layered glass with smaller glass sculptures embedded within, scavo glass; acid-washed textured glass, incalmo glass; multiple layered colors of glass, and, filigrana; glass with fine lines of color.  The Ex Chiesa di Santa Chiara collection of Murano glass vases contains stunning examples of all of these kinds of Murano glass work and more!  These are some examples of the handmade Murano glass vases available in our store.