Vase

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Object Name: 
Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
63.3.28
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 27.3 cm, W: 22.5 cm, D: 12.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1960
Credit Line: 
Gift of Flavio Poli
Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent cobalt, amethyst non-lead glasses; blown. Flattened ovoid or diamond-shape, with flared then collared narrow opening, ground and polished flat; walls of amethyst cased in thin layer of blue, then colorless; heavy colorless base, ground and polished flat; inscribed in script on base: "Flavio Poli/1960".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Poli, Flavio (Italian, 1900-1984), Source
Color: 
amethyst
colorless
cobalt blue
Technique: 
blown
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

Il Corning Museum (2005-06) illustrated, p. 23 bottom left; BIB# AI98014
Glass Capturing the Dance of Light (1993) illustrated, p. 65, bottom; BIB# AI30595