Crystal Dish
Object Name2 Dishes
Designer
Saburo Funakoshi
(Japanese, 1931-2010)
Manufacturer
Hoya Glass Company
Made FromGlass
Date1976
Place MadeJapan, Tokyo
TechniqueCast, sandblasted, polished
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number78.6.8
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; cast, sandblasted, polished. (A) Dish: shallow. Rim rounded; wall curves downward and inward, then descends steeply at bottom; plain base. Decorated by sandblasting outer surface of wall and small part of base; sandblasting is irregular and, when seen from inside of dish has appearance of aerial view of landscape surrounding lake with three islands, the polished underside of the base simulating water. (B) Dish: shallow. Rim rounded; wall curves downward and inward, then descends steeply at bottom; plain base. Decorated by sandblasting outer surface of wall and small part of base; sandblasting is irregular and, when seen from inside of dish has appearance of aerial view of landscape surrounding lake with two islands, the polished underside of the base simulating water.Provenance
Source
Hoya Corporation
- 1976-01-1978-12-28
Parent/Child