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bottle
bottle

bottle

Object NameBottle
Artist Ariel Bar-Tal
Made FromGlass
Date1969
Place MadeIsrael, Tel Aviv
TechniqueBlown, tooled, colored, ground
SizeOverall H: 20.6 cm, W: 11.3 cm
Accession Number70.1.10
Credit LineGift of Ariel Bar-Tal
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPossibly colorless or almost colorless glass; blown, tooled, surfaces colored perhaps by spraying, rim ground. Spheroid body, but with two circular depressions in wall, one on each side of neck; rim ground, in slightly inclined plane; neck descends in horn-shaped curve, narrowing toward bottom, where it merges with body at edge; plain, narrow base with low kick; surface covered with variegated, slightly iridescent film which obscures color of glass; this is purplish gray on neck and dull red (plum), purple and purplish gray on body; signature scratched on base: "[Bar] Tal 1969".
Provenance
Source Ariel Bar-Tal - 1970
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