Topic: Chinese? Czech? Don't know

[vidrioguapo]

Trying to help out a friend with an ID for this.  It is 8 inches tall, has square slabs of deep cobalt blue and clear layers around a central clear tube.  Flat polished but very scratched base, sorry no photo as she did not send me one.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e57/emmismith/Miscellaneous/Bluesquare.jpg

any ideas?

[Ivo]

Looks very czech to me and a top piece. Massive and fragile - just great.

[vidrioguapo]

Whoops, something has happened to my photo, let's try again

[vidrioguapo]

Ivo said

Looks very czech to me and a top piece. Massive and fragile - just great.

Thanks for a prompt reply Ivo..............I've looked everywhere I can on the internet but can't find this vase.

I don't know where to begin with a maker,  help, where are all the Czech people when you want them?

[wolkenreb]

Could it be a one-off?

[Anik R]

Interesting piece... same concept as here: Ivan Stepan and here.

[vidrioguapo]

Thanks for replies so far.  It does look like Ivan Stepan Anik, certainly the same sort of style.  Did he work for one of the major glassworks, or maybe was(is) an independent glass maker?  Will be doing some more "Googling" on this name later.

[flying free]

they all remind me of Danny Lane pieces 
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[vidrioguapo]

Can't find much by Googling.  Danny Lane images are all of his HUGE sculptural stuff, no vases.

And as for Ivan Stepan, have come across a few images, but so far nothing close to this vase. Mmmm.?

[bOBA]

Jindrich may be able to add something to this thread when he sees it later in the week. It certainly looks very Cz modern glass style. As Emmi suggests, the Stepan pieces look slightly different. Stepan designed a few nice pieces for Beranek Glass in Skrdlovice after 2000 and is still a relatively young blower/ designer who is still exhibiting and trying hard to make a living in glass, but he may not have made this piece, I hope Jindrich recognises this particular item ........


Robert (bOBA)