Vase with blue interior and enclosed bubbles, Jaroslav Svoboda around 1983

Heavy vase made of colorless crystal glass with blue inner catch, flattened, club-shaped body, tubular neck with incised and laterally extended vase rim, the flask with 10 large pierced air bubbles, polished base. Vase is in intact condition. Designed by Jaroslav Svoboda, manufactured by Škrdlovice, form 8324/36 around 1983. Height: approx. 36.2 cm, diameter: approx. 16.5 cm, weight: approx. 5.0 kg. Lit: Graduated from the Academy of Glass Art in Zelezny Brod, professorship, head of the glass studio at the Academy in Prague. Vases and objects are in public collections and the artist has received several awards. Lit.: H. Ricke, Czech Glass 1945 - 1980.