Shah-nama

Object NameSculpture

Artist Dana Zámečníková (Czech, b. 1945)

Made FromFlat glass

Date1980

TechniqueEtched; enameled, probably

SizeOverall H: 20.9 cm, W: 26.8 cm

Accession Number81.3.21

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Czechoslovakian Glass 1350-1980

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004

Place Made

Czechoslovakia, Prague

Physical DescriptionColorless flat glass; etched, probably enameled; in metal frame. Ten rectangular glass frames stacked together within metal frame; frame screws together at base; imagery depicts native figure with blue head and body, red mouth and loincloth, bracelets on left wrist and right ankle, and raised left arm with finger pointed in direction of wild spotted cat; the cat with white body, red mouth and black spots; behind the cat a green growth of leaves; to the left of the native figure, a pair of doors; beneath the figure a diamond pattern floor; etched into the center of the top pane, "j" in script; to the native figure's right, above and behind, "42"; and, below the cat, "Shah-nama" in script; signed in lower front right corner, "Zamecnikova 80."
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