vase

Object NameVase

Artist John de Wit (American, b. 1952)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1983

Techniqueblown with application

SizeH: 32.1 cm, W: 24.2 cm

Accession Number85.4.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Juried Show of Northern California

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionColorless over opaque white and cobalt blue non-lead glasses, reddish orange inclusions and multi-colored murini; blown with applications. Rectangular; flattened irregularly shaped vertical upright form with fire-polished rounded lip which merges with shoulderless sides tapering out to the rounded, footless base; vessel is of colorless with an applied raised irregular band of red, white, black and blue concentric ring murini encircling upper half of body; colorless is laid over translucent opalescent white with overall pattern of reddish- orange spots and silver leaf fragments; white is laid over interior lining of translucent cobalt; lower half of body has intermittent areas of surface indentations; base and pontil are ground flat. Engraved "John Nicolas de Wit Spirit Break 1983" at base.
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