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Object NameHeraldic Lion

Maker Vitaly Ginsburg

Maker Ginsburg and Levy Inc.

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1987-1988

Place MadeU.S.S.R.

Techniqueflameworked

SizeH: 13.5 cm, W: 14.7 cm, Depth: 6.3 cm

Accession Number88.3.39

Credit LineGift of Fidall Ibragimov

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent amber, translucent red, blue, brown, opaque white non-lead glasses; flameworked. Small amber lion brown mane details, white eyes, pincered open jaw and details, whiplash tail, rears back on its haunches, one front paw is raised and hanging from the other is a red and blue shield with the Cyrillic lettering for Lvov in raised, white block letters; inscribed on base: "Moscow/USSR/Ibragimov (in script)/88".
Provenance

Source Fidall Ibragimov (b. 1938)