Vase with Abstract Decoration

Object Name: 
Vase with Abstract Decoration

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Object Name: 
Vase with Abstract Decoration
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Prague
Accession Number: 
83.3.234
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 30 cm; Rim Diam: 10 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1958
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; probably mold blown, enameled or stained. Cylindrical shape, widening at top; rounded rim; abstract decoration of distorted ovals and lines in yellows, pinks and purples against a blue ground; no pontil mark on base; signed in script on base "Kopecky 58".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Dan Klein Ltd, Former Collection
1983
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
mold-blown, enameled
Inscription: 
Kopecky 58
Signature
: 
on base in script

Exhibitions (2)

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-05-16 through 2002-10-21
National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library 2003-02-28 through 2003-09-28
Corning Incorporated Gallery
Masters of Czech Glass 1945-1965
Venue(s)
Dan Klein Ltd
 

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1983 (1984) illustrated, pp. 6, 11; BIB# AI97139
Masters of Czech Glass 1945-1965 (1983) #36; BIB# 30951