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Dragonfly

Dragonfly

 
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Object Name: 
Dragonfly
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Costantini, Vittorio ((Italian, b. 1944)), Maker
Place Made: 
Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Venice
Date: 
about 1985-1989
Technique
flame-worked
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.4 cm, W: 8.1 cm, D: 3.1 cm
Accession Number: 
86.3.66 F
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Multi-colored non-lead glass; flameworked. Transparent light green head with black antennae and yellow "snout"; body is transparent green in two lobes from which extend three pairs of black legs and two pairs of raised, long, narrow transparent wings feathered pale pink and tipped with yellow; four section, long, slender, raised tail with pair of black end tips.
Provenance
Frantz, Susanne K., Source
1986-07-11

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Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-10-17 through 2003-02-16

Objects In Set

7 Insects
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66
June Beetle
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 A
 
Single-Horned Beetle
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 B
Large Stag Beetle
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 C
 
Large Bee/Hornet/Wasp
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 D
Small Bee/Hornet/Wasp
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 E
 
Spider
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 G

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