Spirit Break

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Object Name: 
Vase
Title: 
Spirit Break
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
85.4.9
Dimensions: 
H: 32.1 cm, W: 24.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1983
Primary Description: 
Colorless over opaque white and cobalt blue non-lead glasses, reddish orange inclusions and multi-colored murini; blown with applications. Rectangular; flattened irregularly shaped vertical upright form with fire-polished rounded lip which merges with shoulderless sides tapering out to the rounded, footless base; vessel is of colorless with an applied raised irregular band of red, white, black and blue concentric ring murini encircling upper half of body; colorless is laid over translucent opalescent white with overall pattern of reddish- orange spots and silver leaf fragments; white is laid over interior lining of translucent cobalt; lower half of body has intermittent areas of surface indentations; base and pontil are ground flat. Engraved "John Nicolas de Wit Spirit Break 1983" at base.
Provenance: 
de Wit, John (American, b. 1952), Source
1985-03-11
Juried Show of Northern California
Venue(s)
Creative Arts Center 1983 through 1983