Vase with Abstract Decoration

Object Name: 
Vase with Abstract Decoration

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Object Name: 
Vase with Abstract Decoration
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Prague
Accession Number: 
83.3.235
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.4 cm; Rim Diam: 10.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1957
Primary Description: 
Translucent pale blue-gray non-lead glass, gold lustre; mold-blown, lustred, fired. Conical vase with straight walls flaring towards lipless opening ground and polished flat; walls decorated with four broad vertical zig-zag bands of gold lustre extending from rim to base; base ground and polished flat, no pontil; inscribed in script on base edge: "Kopecký '57".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Dan Klein Ltd, Former Collection
1983
Color: 
Translucent pale blue-gray
Technique: 
Mold-blown, Lustered
Inscription: 
Kopecky 57
Inscription
: 
inscribed on base

Exhibitions (2)

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-05-16 through 2002-10-21
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library 2003-02-28 through 2003-09-28
Corning Incorporated Gallery
Masters of Czech Glass 1945-1965
Venue(s)
Dan Klein Ltd