Aras

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Aras
Accession Number: 
2011.3.422
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.6 cm, Diam (max): 25.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
designed in 1924
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass, blue enamel; mold-blown, enameled. Bulbous vase with narrow base, wide shoulder, conical straight-walled neck, and flat rim. Exterior of vessel decorated with birds, berries, and thorny bramble. Blue enamel applied to decoration.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Steppa, Stanford, Source
2011-12-09
Steppa, Elaine, Source
2011-12-09
Technique: 
Material: 
Inscription: 
R. LALIQUE
signature
Pressed on base
Rene Lalique (1860-1945): des œuvres d'arts decoratifs ornees d'oiseaux (2016) illustrated, p. 207 (no. 581); BIB# 151079