vase
Object NameVase
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1960-1980
Place MadeChina, probably Boshan
Techniqueblown, overlaid, relief-carved, inside-painted
SizeOverall H: 22 cm; Rim Diam: 10.2 cm
Accession Number88.6.23
Credit LineGift from Estate of Zachary Taylor
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless and transparent red non-lead glasses; blown, overlaid, relief-carved, inside-painted. Tall, ovoid form; red overlaid on colorless; the inside matte ground; waisted neck and flared rim, with cut chamfer on top, band of red on the side; the rounded shoulders and tapered sides with red, relief-carved flowering prunus branches at the sides of rounded, roughly rectangular frames with lobed corners, enclosing reverse-painted decoration, one a landscape with a building among rocky outcroppings, the other with a colorful bird on a rock, with flowering branch below; the base with wide red spreading foot; the foot rim polished flat, with recessed central circular panel.Provenance
Source
Estate of Zachary Taylor
- 1988-02-08
perhaps 1-99
perhaps 1-99
perhaps 1-99
about 1850
about 300-50 BCE