Large vase with net pattern, signed Benny Motzfeldt, circa 1980

Large colorless glass vase; cylindrical, slightly tapering body with a free-formed, fire-polished rim; inclusions of silvery-white and hazy graphite-grey powder between the glass layers, featuring a bubble pattern and impressed internal ribbing that creates a partial net-like effect; underside of the solid base finished with a diamond-cut mark; inscribed "BM 80". The vase is in excellent condition. Benny Motzfeldt (Levanger, Norway, 1909–1995), circa 1980; height: approx. 22.0 cm, diameter: approx. 18.0 cm. Ref.: *Das Europäische Museum für Modernes Glas* (Rödental), p. 30, ill. 18. Ref.: Exhibition catalogue *Benny Motzfeldt – Glas aus Norwegen*, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1977. Ref.: Exhibition catalogue *Coburger Glaspreis 1977*.