a glass sculpture/ vase, 'Ormtjusare II' / (Snake Charmer II), Orrefors, Sweden 1988.
Dark blue pillar on a clear glass base, signed Orrefors Gallery -88 907379 Matz Borgström 35-50 and label marked. Height 42,5 cm.
A minute chip to the side of the base.
Olle Emanuelsson Collection
Märta-Stina Danielsson (ed), 'Svenskt glas', Wahlström & Widstrand, see the model illustrated p 291. Behind Matz Borgström's 'Ormtjusare' hides a real story. Mats was in Malaysia on a design assignment in a carpentry shop. The roof of the house rested on piles without walls. Sometimes a snake could coil in. To get rid of the uninvited guest, a snake charmer was allowed to lure the snake with his flute.