sculpture
Object NameVessel
Maker
Marianna Szilcz
(Hungarian, b. 1956)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1987
Place MadeHungary
Techniqueblown, cobalt oxides sprinkled onto surface
SizeH: 17.9 cm, D: 10 cm
Accession Number88.3.44
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale blue, cobalt decoration non-lead glass; blown, cobalt oxides are sprinkled onto surface through a sieve in a grid pattern, cased and blown (probably in a mold) again, ground and polished base. Tall cylinder with narrowed, lipless and neckless opening, sloping shoulder curving down to straight walls decorated internally with a fine grid of powdered cobalt and minute bubbles divided into a pattern of four interlocked abstract sections; thick, footless base, ground and polished flat, no pontil; inscribed in script on base near edge: "Szilcz Marianna/1987".Provenance
Source
Artex
- 1988-05-04
