Round hand blown vase with spiral motif in a limited edition designed by Czech artist Stanislav Libensky. Stanislav Libensky is  well known artist, he past away a few years ago, and Museum of Art and Design, NY had an exhibition in his memory named "Libensky and his Students" in 2003.  His original works sells for hundreds thousands of dollars.  Only one studio in Czech Republic had  rights to produce Libensky vases. The studio ended its production in August of '08 with only 4 more vases in this series available.