Vase with Acrobats. From the Steuben series "Twenty-Seven Contemporary Artists."Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Large footed vase with globular bowl, fire-polished lipless rim; bowl engraved on exterior of one side with scene depicting a male acrobat laying on his back, arms resting under his head, upon a textured rectangular box, on the foot of one leg lifted at a 90° degree angle a sharply foreshortened female acrobat, with extended arm, balances on her mid-section; other leg of male angled at 45° degrees and balances a horizontal line with a ball rests on far end; horizon line extends from both sides of box, on right section several broken lines converge to one point on horizon line; short, solid stem; slightly domed foot, polished pontil; inscribed in script on polished pontil: "Steuben 1939/3-5"; inscribed in replica of artist's signature on base of design: "P. Tchelitchew".