Brush Bowl

Object NameBowl

Maker Transj Kulturabetare i Glas

Maker Jan-Erik Ritzman (Swedish, b. 1943)

Maker Paul Hoff (b. 1945)

Made FromGlass

Date1983-1984

TechniqueBlown, sandblasted, engraved

SizeOverall H: 13.8 cm, D: 23.2 cm

Accession Number85.3.70

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis fur moderne Glasgestaltung in Europa, 1985

Place Made

Sweden

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with gradation of amber, orange and purple; blown with hot applications, sandblasted, engraved. Inverted conical shape of colorless tinted on interior with pale amber powder which darkens at rim edge; rim edged with a thin wrap of orange kugler; flared body decorated with parallel images of large Japanese sumie drawing brushes -- one complete and one cropped, with sandblasted handles and engraved hairs; solid narrow foot comprised of a patty of purple glass; rough stippled pontil; signed on base: Transjo R/C Paul Hoff 26/10.2"
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