Bertil Vallien tall cut satinated glass vase Afors Sweden c1970s

Bertil Vallien Cut and satinated glass vase for Afors, Sweden c1970s. Signed to the base: Boda Afors V41 B. Vallien and engraved icarus mark. Rare.

Excellent condition. Small felt pads stuck to the base by a previous owner.

Bertil Vallien (1938 -) is one of the greatest living glass designers from Sweden. Best known for his sandcast glass sculptures, he designed a full range of items from tablewares to art glass to one-off commissions. Highly expressionist in style with often coded meanings his work epitomises the postmodern stylisic playfulness that came to prominence in the latter decades of the twentieth century. He has exhibited his work worldwide.