Lace Cage
Object NameVessel
Maker
Etsuko Nishi
(b. 1955)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1990
Place MadeJapan, Tokyo
TechniqueFused, blown, pâte de verre, sandblasted
SizeOverall H: 15.1 cm, Diam: 24.9 cm
Accession Number91.6.3
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass '90 in Japan
Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
From the Fire: Contemporary Glass
Glass Japan
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, translucent and opaque amethyst non-lead glasses; blown, pâte de verre (applied with a pastry tube), sandblasted. Blown hemispherical colorless vessel partially overlaid with amethyst, surrounded (starting just below slightly narrowed, flat rim) with raised latticework "cage" connected to vessel by short struts (producing slight indentations where attached to vessel), cage is opaque amethyst and irregular, applied in three bands connected by thin verticals in herringbone pattern, on two opposite walls cage is "cut-out" leaving V-shaped undecorated areas; slightly flattened base.Provenance
Source
Heller Gallery
- 1991-02-19
