Salvino Marsura Papavero d’Acqua bowl II

The shapely leaf of a water poppy informs the design of this decorative bowl by Salvino Marsura, with the plant’s veins finding textural expression on its surface.

The piece is in good condition, with patination and wear consistent with age and use.

Salvino Marsura (1938–2020) was an artisan metalworker. After learning his craft in the dynamic workshop of sculptor and ‘iron poet’ Toni Benetton, he spent more than 60 years producing sculpture, furniture, objects and memorials in his hometown of Treviso, Italy.

Marsura’s ironwork art and furniture relishes in the manual aesthetic of the forge, giving voice to the raw metal and the processes of its manipulation including sweltering heat, hammering, bending and welding. His distinctive hand marries elements of brutalism and traditional decorative arts.

H8 W28 D32cm

SM357