I've recently started to get interested in 20th Century Italian glass made in the Roman / Etruscan style. I've a few smaller pieces here and there, but I thought it was time to take the plunge properly with this beast of a piece!
It's 23" / 585mm tall and 14" / 365mm diameter. It has a loose-fitting trumpet-shaped shade with 'scavo' decoration sat in a patinated brass mount of three abstract male nude figures. It bears a Seguso label, c.1970s.
Do Seguso scavo pieces have any attributed designers? It seems a shame that such a sculptural piece should go without a creator!