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Snowflake Warrior Vase. Colorless cased with "snowflake" glass, with third layer of transparent red glass. mold-blown, cased with thick red glass, carved, wheel-engraved. Tall, thick vase. Cylindrical neck tapers slightly, with flat rim. Globular body. Applied base of red glass flares downward, with cutout circular hollow; outer edge of rim is roughly beveled. Cameo engraving: on body, horseman with two spears fights against four horsemen, each with two bulbous "hammers," in landscape with rocks, trees, and stylized flowers; on reverse, pine tree and rocky mountains. Flight of steps leads from battle scene on body to brick wall foundation with three-domed pavilion on neck, where four figures look and point at scroll painting. Scene on painting is wheel-engraved; it shows a decapitated man, with his severed head at his feet, and a bystander. Vase rests on teakwood stand in shape of lotus blossom, with seeds of central pod in detached carving.
Exhibitions (2)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Clear as Crystal, Red as Flame: Later Chinese Glass
Venue(s)
China House Gallery 1990-04-19 through 1990-06-17
Curated by Claudia Brown and Donald Robiner
Publications (45)
Zhongguo gu dai bo li qi min = Chinese ancient glass (2018)
illustrated, p. 286 (fig. 7-17);
La escultura en vidrio (2017)
illustrated, p. 143 (fig. 3.43);
Chinese Glass snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015-03)
illustrated, p. 7;
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015)
illustrated, p. 7 (fig. 11);
BIB# 720305
European Glassmaking Techniques in China: Kilian Stumpf's Probable Influence over Liuli (2013-03)
illustrated, p. 13;
The investigation into the development of glass as an expressive medium in china through direct contact with Western methods of making, decoration and forming (2009)
illustrated, p. 261 (top);
BIB# 127639
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal - Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (2008)
illustrated, p. 6 (top left);
BIB# AI101015
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (2008)
illustrated, pp. 296-298, #115;
BIB# 103865
Eight Sledgehammers on Glass (2006)
illustrated, pp. 94-96;
The Gather (2006)
illustrated, back;
Layers of Wonder: Majestic and Marvelous Cameo Glass (2003-05)
illustrated, inset between pp. 40-41;
Glass in Art, History, and Science at The Corning Museum of Glass (2003)
illustrated, p. 69, no. 6;
BIB# AI64198
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 97;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 17;
BIB# 63967
Brave New Nanoworld (1999)
p. 9;
A Sparkling Celebration: The Corning Glass Center Shines Through Four Decades (1991)
illustrated, p. 8 (inset), p. 21 (bottom right);
BIB# 138761
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 180-181, pl. 82;
BIB# 33819
Glas: Unterhaltsamer Streifzug durch Geschichte und Gegenwart eines faszinierende Stoffes (1988)
p. 219;
BIB# 33564
Masterpieces from the Corning Museum of Glass: 24 Ready-to-Mail Full-Color Postcards (1984)
illustrated, p. 4 (bottom left);
BIB# 34354
Cameo Glass: Masterpieces from 2000 Years of Glassmaking (1982)
illustrated, pp. 40, 108, #34;
BIB# 30609
Le Nouveau Musee du verre a Corning (1980)
illustrated, pp. 52-59, #12;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 180-181, pl. 82;
BIB# 20953
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974)
illustrated, pp. 80-81, #104;
BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965)
illustrated, pp. 74-75, #94;
BIB# 27582
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958)
illustrated, pp. 72-73, #84;
BIB# 27746