Bottle-Shaped Vase

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Object Name: 
Bottle-Shaped Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
63.3.27
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.2 cm, W: 9.2 cm, L: 15.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1959
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artist
Primary Description: 
Transparent blue-amethyst cased with colorless glass; blown. Flattened form; small mouth swells to rounded shoulders of two-sided body, tapering to flat, ground and polished base; scratch-engraved inscription: "Flavio Poli/1959".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Poli, Flavio (Italian, 1900-1984), Source
1963
Color: 
Transparent blue amethyst
Technique: 
blown
Inscription: 
Flavio Poli 1959
Inscription
: 
Scratch-engraved

Exhibitions (2)

Decades in Glass: The 50's
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-09-22 through 2004-03-01
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2004-06-17 through 2004-10-03
Glass 1959: A Special Exhibition of International Contemporary Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1959 through 1959