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Three of Cups

Three of Cups

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Three of Cups
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
United States, Cleveland, OH
Date: 
1999
Color
AAT
multicolored
Technique
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glassblowing
AAT
pâte de verre
Material
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glass
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gold
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 57.5 cm
Accession Number: 
2005.4.187
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Sculpture,"Three of Cups." Multioclored glass; blown and pate de verre elements, kiln-formed and gilded. Two part sculpture made up of a large heavy wide base with rippled patterning with a central concavity where the other part sits. Top part is decorated around lowest porion with toadstools, and is made up of three cups, each stacked within eachother. Each cup is embellished with multicolored glass pieces and gold. There are butterfly and flower forms around the rim of the top cup.
Inscription
Rene Culler 1999 Engraved Bottom
Provenance
Culler, Rene ((American, b. 1956)), Source to 2005-10-26

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