Islands

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
Islands
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Japan, Gumma-ken, Tone
Accession Number: 
86.6.4
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15 cm, Diam: 17.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1985
Primary Description: 
Transparent deep blue, aqua, emerald green and colorless non- lead glasses; blown, with hot applications. Deep rounded bowl of dark blue blending with aqua in upper quarter; rim edged with a wrap of colorless which is in turn topped with six non- connected low, irregular areas of deep green representing islands; base tapers to narrow foot, ground and polished flat, ground pontil; inscribed in script on base: "Shinichi Muro".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Muro, Shinichi (Japanese, b. 1945), Source
1986-04-02
Color: 
Transparent deep blue, aqua,
Technique: 
blown, with hot applications
Inscription: 
Shinichi Muro
signature
: 
base
Copyright: 
© Shinichi Muro

Exhibitions (1)

From Summer Sea
Venue(s)
Takashimaya Department Store Gallery 1985 through 1985

Publications (3)

Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 177; BIB# 32803
New Glass Review, 7 (1986) illustrated, p. 22, pl. 61;
Recent Acquisitions: Corning (New Work) (1986) p. 38; BIB# AI16861