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Whopper Vase

Whopper Vase

 
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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Whopper Vase
Department
Modern
Category
Contemporary
Maker(s)
Marioni, Dante ((American, b. 1964)), Maker
Benjamin Moore, Inc., Maker
Place Made: 
United States, Seattle, WA
Date: 
1989
Color
Pale green, yellow, pink
AAT
pale green
AAT
yellow
Technique
blown
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 60.7 cm; Rim Diam: 19.6 cm
Accession Number: 
90.4.1
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless, yellow, translucent pale green and pink non-lead glasses; blown incalmo. Tall handleless amphora; pale green flared opening, with yellow lip wrap tapering to deep narrow neck; joined hot, with yellow wrap to pink inverted tear-drop shaped body; base ground and polished flat; ground pontil; inscribed in script on pontil: Dante/Marioni/(either a flower logo or 88).
Provenance
William Traver Gallery, Source to 1990

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Exhibitions

The Italian Influence in Contemporary Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-03-08 through 2004-10-31
Corning Incorporated Gallery 2005-02-11 through 2005-07-30

Publications

Recent Important Acquisitions, 33 (1991) illustrated, p. 114, #51;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1990 (1991) p. 7;

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