Opal Basket

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Title: 
Opal Basket
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, RI, Providence
Accession Number: 
79.4.123
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 19.8 cm, Diam (max): 23 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1977
Primary Description: 
Bowl, "Opal Basket". Opalescent, opaque white, deep red non-lead glass; blown. Hollow spherical shape with opening at top, blown of opalescent glass which is nearly colorless at top and nearly opaque at bottom; deep red threads around "equator" of piece, white threads around rim of opening, rough pontil mark; signed "Chihuly, '77" in script near pontil.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Chihuly, Dale (American, b. 1941), Source
1977
to
1979-09-21
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
white
deep red
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Chihuly / '77
Signature and date
: 
near pontil in script
Copyright: 
© Dale Chihuly

Exhibitions (1)

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1979 through 1979
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Renwick Gallery
Toledo Museum of Art

Publications (3)

Modern and contemporary art glass (2006) illustrated, slide 37; BIB# 130418
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 132; BIB# 32803
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (1979) p. 283, #283; BIB# 20603