Primary Description:
Vase with Centaurs and Female Satyrs. From the Steuben series "Twenty-Seven Contemporary Artists."Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Tall cylindrical vessel with short, straight collared neck, fire-polished lipless rim; six solid small spheres regularly spaced placed around shoulder, curved base of vessel rests on a duplicate set of six spheres with bases polished flat to form resting points; mid-section of body engraved with three scenes; (1) (with signature) centaur (on right) facing mythological pastiche of figure with human female upper body and hoofed animal hind legs, one arm is raised over her head, the other holds a flowering branch, ground is suggested by three flowers; (2) galloping centaur with outstretched legs, female riding astride back, small rabbit and three flowers in foreground; (3) centaur rearing on hind legs, viewed from rear, arms raised holding infant "faun", flowers in background and foreground; polished pontil; inscribed in script on polished pontil: "Steuben 1939/5-5"; replica of designer's signature below scene of centaur and female facing one another: "Paul Manship".