Posted 9 years ago
racer4four
(620 items)
This beautiful lady is a relatively recent product from Marti Glass, Japan.
Marti have made quite a niche in Japanese glass as producers of handmade figures, and they make really beautiful glass figurines of people, animals, and most spectacularly, glass samurai helmets.
Marti were large producers of other glassware such as vases and bowls, but this has reduced in the last few decades.
Interestingly, the name Marti Glass is a pet name, being the Japanese interpretation of the name Multi Glass. The company, and the country as a whole, have taken on this interpretation, and knowingly use the name Marti as a poke at themselves. Cool hey!
My lovely kimono clad lady is about 20cms.
I really like this Karen :).... Beautiful blue and unusual design !
This is so beautiful, Karen, figural in a stylised way.....
As usual, great info, and another beautiful piece, karen;-)
Alan
How interesting !! Love this! She looks like Merlin the wizard.. :-))
stunning and very beautiful!!!
Thanks Mike.
Even for me seeing lots of Japanese glass she is different.
Why thank you Miss Peggy! I always like your comments (never had a negative one, no, no,no!)
Alan I appreciate you seeing her beauty. And my rambling on!
Ohhhh Surfdub - now I see Merlin in a kimono!! Thanks.
Back at you Sean!
When I first saw this I thought it was a wizard! It's very cool tho. Love it.
What a neat piece!