vase

Object NameVase

Artist Thomas S. Buechner III (American, b. 1954)

Made FromGlass

Date1981

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueblown, applied, sandblasted, ground and polished

SizeH: 23.5 cm, W(max): 15 cm

Accession Number81.4.166

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Residence of the United States Ambassador)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with yellow tint on inside of rim; blown, applied, sandblasted, ground and polished. Vase with narrow mouth elongated egg-shaped body. Rim plain, rounded; wall splays at top, then curves outward and downward to greatest diameter around mid-point before curving inward to bottom; base plain and flat, ground and polished, with ground and polished concavity at center. Decorated with two diametrically opposed groups of three superimposed trails, each dropped on to upper part of wall, drawn across wall toward right and then more or less vertically down wall to bottom, becoming thinner and narrower as it descends. Exterior of wall and trails sandblasted to produce matte, slightly opalescent effect.
Provenance

Source Vitrix Hot Glass Studio - 1981-12-15