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sculpture

Object NameVessel

Series

Latin Love

Maker Kosta Boda AB

Maker Gunnel Sahlin (Swedish, born 1954)

Made FromGlass

Date1990

Place MadeSweden

Techniqueblown, applied, cased; base ground and polished

SizeH: 44.7 cm, D(foot): 11.7 cm

Accession Number92.3.49

Credit LineGift of Kosta Boda AB

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent purple with opaque deep purple, cased with colorless and opaque deep purple, cased with transparent bottle green glasses; blown (two gathers), applied, cased, base ground and polished. Vessel: slender flute. Rim plain, rounded; wall tapers slightly, and twists; base consists of shallow hollow cone; pontil mark removed by grinding and polishing. Bowl transparent purple, with two elongated opaque purple patches, one opposite and slightly above the other, all cased with colorless; base colorless, with purple spiral extending from junction with bowl to edge, cased on underside with green. Scratched or acid-stamped signature on underside of base, near edge: "KOSTA BODA Gunnel Sahlin 1990" (artist's name cursive).
Provenance

Source Kosta Boda AB