Kami kana no katachi No. 1

Title: 
Kami kana no katachi No. 1

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Kami kana no katachi No. 1
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Japan, Kanagawa
Accession Number: 
89.6.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.5 cm, W: 19.1 cm, D: 19.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1989
Primary Description: 
Colorless and light cobalt blue lead glasses; pâte de verre, sandblasted. Thin-walled square dish with internal formation consisting of four right-angled walls with pierced and irregular edges tapering at ends, each separated by approximately 1" space dividing the surface into four equal quadrants and creating a raised "+" structure; slightly irregular outside edges; matte surface; underside has criss-crossed mold patterning; unsigned.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Mukaide, Keiko (b. 1954), Former Collection
1989
Color: 
Colorless, light cobalt blue
colorless
Technique: 
Pate de verre

Exhibitions (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2005-04 through 2006-01

Publications (2)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations (2005) illustrated, p. 36, fig. 49; BIB# 87714
New Glass Review, 8 (1987) illustrated, p. 22, pl. 63;