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Ocean Fireworks
Ocean Fireworks

Ocean Fireworks

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)
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
Family Portrait
Richard Q. Ritter
1976
wine glass
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Poker Game
Benjamin Moore, Inc.
1991
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about 25-75
obelisk
Fulvio Bianconi
1948