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Object NameCovered Container
Designer
Toshichi Iwata
(Japanese, 1893-1980)
Factory
Iwata Glass Co., Ltd.
Made FromNon-lead Glass, Gold Leaf
Date1974
Place MadeJapan, Tokyo
Techniqueblown, hot worked
SizeOverall H: 15.8 cm
Accession Number87.6.23
Credit LineGift of Iwata Glass Co., Ltd.
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless cased in opaque aqua, opaque aqua and cobalt, non-lead glasses, gold leaf; blown, hot worked. Multi-layered jar of colorless cased in opaque aqua, then colorless, then aqua and cobalt; wide flaring, flat rim with cobalt lip wrap; inscribed on underside of rim: "T. Iwata 1974"; sharply collared, squat, slightly tapered body decorated with cobalt blending to aqua decorated with folded strips of gold leaf; base ground and polished flat, polished pontil; paper label on base: "TR-527"; disc lid of colorless with overall minute speckling of blue and brown, colorless knop with gold leaf applied with colorless patty, ground and polished pontil.Provenance
Source
Iwata Glass Co., Ltd.
- 1987-11-18
