Plique-a-Jour Vase

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Object Name: 
Plique-a-Jour Vase
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Russia, Moscow
Accession Number: 
94.3.92
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.1 cm, Diam: 8.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1890
Primary Description: 
Gold, enamel; plique-à-jour. Gilded silver and enamel vase in plique-à-jour. The vase is divided into vertical panels: three floral sections with architectural framework alternate with three panels depicting two exotic birds and a Chinese figure (a polo player?).

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
A La Vieille Russie, Former Collection
1994
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
Polycolor
Technique: 
plique-a-jour

Publications (4)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 27, #22; BIB# 65446
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 40; BIB# 63967
Recent Important Acquisitions, 37 (1995) illustrated, pp. 114-115, #37; BIB# AI36371
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1994 (1995) p. 10; BIB# AI95181