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Object NamePainted Vessel

Maker New York Experimental Glass Workshop

Maker Italo Scanga (Italian, 1932-2001)

Made FromGlass, china paint

Date1987

Techniqueblown, decorated with china paint, fired

SizeH: 25.1 cm, D(rim): 17.3 cm

Accession Number92.4.27

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, polychrome china paint (enamel); blown, decorated wth china paint, fired. Thinly-blown conical vessel with lipless fire-polished rim; straight walls taper to narrow base, overall decoration of walls with freely painted black outlined filled with color, decoration imagery includes: head of brown dog with black spots and yellow details, female nude torso, two vertical abstract designs, stylized "drawing compass", various red dots, green and orange splashes; base is slightly conave, rough pontil; painted in script on side near base: "Italo Scanga 1987".
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