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Crystal Bowl

Object NameBowl

Designer Kyoichiro Kawakami (Japanese, b. 1933)

Manufacturer Hoya Corporation

Made FromGlass

Date1976

TechniqueMold-spun, cut, ground, polished, engraved or acid-stamped

SizeOverall H: 8.9 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 21.6 cm

Accession Number78.6.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass: A Worldwide Survey

New Glass Now | Context

Place Made

Japan, Tokyo

Physical DescriptionBowl, "Crystal Bowl". Transparent bright yellow glass, almost bubble-free; mold-spun, cut, ground and polished. Dish or tray: square, with concave upper surface and raised corners. Rim slightly beveled; vertical sides, with lower part of corners cut in triangular facets; flat, octagonal base. Wheel-cut decoration on base and triangular facets; flat, octagonal base. Wheel-cut decoration on base and triangular facets; on base, gridiron arrangement of twenty-two straight, parallel cuts intersected at right angles by twenty-one straight, parallel cuts; on each facet, five straight, parallel cuts perpendicular to base. Engraved or acid-stamped signature near bottom of one facet: single Japanese character.
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