Bird Plaque

Object NamePair of Plaques

Maker Yasuko Ujiie (Japanese, b. 1947)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1983

Place MadeJapan, Tokyo, Hachioji

Techniquepate de verre

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number85.6.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent colorless non-lead glass with areas of powdered color; pate-de-verre. (A&B) Flat rectangular files with beveled edges pierced in upper left corner area by surface design extensions of tail and wing of large bird crouching on a branch molded in low relief; bird cuts diagonally across the vertical rectangular format; five stylized small birds in low relief fly out of upper right corner in a V-pattern; (A) upper right corner colored in light blue, head, tail, wing and part of body of large bird highlighted in pale pink; (B) upper right area overall coloration in blue, bird in pink, lower left section colored green. Engraved "Yasuko Ujiie" on back and signed "YU" [monogram "Y" over "U"] molded in front.
Provenance

Source Thomas S. Buechner (American, 1926-2010) - 1985-04-01