Images(2)

vase

Object NameVase

Artist Ariel Bar-Tal

Made FromGlass

Date1969

Place MadeIsrael, Tel Aviv

TechniqueBlown, tooled, colored, ground, greenish yellow, grayish purple

SizeOverall H: 19.7 cm, W: 12.6 cm

Accession Number70.1.11

Credit LineGift of Ariel Bar-Tal

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPossibly colorless or almost colorless glass; blown, tooled, surfaces colored, perhaps by spraying; rim ground. Vase with two necks; necks of unequal height, each with straight, tapering side which splays at bottom and merges with wall; taller neck is narrower, has plain rim with surface ground flat in plane that descends toward side of vessel; shorter neck has plain rim ground flat in plane that descends toward opposite side; body is asymmetrical, with egg-shaped plan, almost circular elevation and horizontal perforation off-center, near mid-point; wall curves outward, downward and inward; plain base, slightly concave underneath; no pontil mark; surface covered with variegated, slightly iridescent film which obscures color of glass; this is greenish yellow with streaks and patches of grayish purple; scratched signature under base: "Bar-Tal/1969".
Provenance

Source Ariel Bar-Tal - 1970