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Object NameBowl

Maker Berit Johannsson

Maker Ulf Johansson

Made FromSemi-lead glass (6%)

Date1991

Place MadeSweden

TechniqueBlown with graal decoration

SizeOverall H: 13.4 cm, Diam (max): 18 cm

Accession Number93.3.16

Credit LineGift of Nordic Art Glass

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (NK Department Store)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless semi-lead (6%) glass with transparent and almost opaque polychrome decoration; blown with graal decoration. Slightly flattened spherical vessel with narrow opaque red-orange wrap; colorless background overlaid with broad translucent areas of pink, cobalt and yellow; overall internal abstract decoration, upper 3/4 of vessel has striations of opaque red-orange and yellow spiraling up from base, lines are punctuated by two large opaque red/-orange ovals with cobalt centers on opposite walls; lowest section of threading; ground and polished base and pontil; inscribed in script on base: "Berit Johansson 1991 Unik Sjöhyttan".
Provenance

Source Nordic Art Glass - 1993