Tanagra-Style Draped Female Figure, Seated on a Bench

Title: 
Tanagra-Style Draped Female Figure, Seated on a Bench

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Tanagra-Style Draped Female Figure, Seated on a Bench
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Jeumont
Accession Number: 
2008.3.51
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.9 cm, W: 7.4 cm, D: 9.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1900-1910
Primary Description: 
Varying shades of translucent to opaque light purple and amber glass; pate de verre technique. Statuette of a woman dseated on a bench, wearing a cloak (after the ancient Greek terracotta figures found at Tanagra). The top section is light shading to darker purple and amber.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Zietz, Rainer, Source
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
light purple
amber
Technique: 
pâte de verre
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
1028 / *
inscription
: 
Stamped On underside of base
SB / 547
label
: 
Sticker On underside of base Circular white sticker with black, handwritten text.
Despret
signature
: 
Engraved On back side of base in script
Copyright: 
© Georges Despret

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2008 (2009) illustrated, p. 2; BIB# AI94759