Kyyhky, Finnish for "dove", is a 1970s art glass bowl designed by Pertti Santalahti and made at the Kumela glassworks in Riihimäki, a factory that belonged to Humppila from the second half of the decade. The same model is therefore also known to collectors as the Humppila Kyyhky bowl.
Santalahti joined Humppila in 1971 and became its artistic director in 1974, and his textured, sculptural pieces defined much of the company's output during that decade. Kyyhky shows his fondness for nature motifs: a dove is modelled in relief on each side, its wings opening into a rim of rounded, feather-like lobes. The bowl was formed from two halves joined together, and the meeting line remains visible in the glass as part of the making process.
The rim and upper wall are in clear, heavily textured glass, while warm amber and deep brown flow through the lower half and settle into a dark, almost opaque base. Light passing through the piece shifts from honey to tortoiseshell tones depending on the angle, so it reads as much as a sculpture as a serving bowl.
This example carries Santalahti's engraved signature with the Kumela name on the underside and keeps its original red, white and blue Kumela Finland foil label, details that make it easy to identify among Finnish glass of the period. It is a single vintage piece from the original production.
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