Crystal Bowl
Object NameBowl
Designer
Kyoichiro Kawakami
(Japanese, b. 1933)
Manufacturer
Hoya Corporation
Made FromGlass
Date1976
Place MadeJapan, Tokyo
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)
Exhibitions
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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.Provenance
Source
Hoya Corporation
- 1976-06-1978-12-28
