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Object NameBeetle

Maker Vittorio Costantini (Italian, b. 1944)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1985-1989

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 1.9 cm, W: 5.9 cm, D: 4 cm

Accession Number91.3.20 F

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

Place Made

Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionOpaque black, opaque reddish-brown, colorless, metallic silver non-lead glasses; flameworked. Lifelike and life-sized insect with double-lobed body, three pairs of articulated legs, each leg has three short pulled points, one pair of legs extends forward from front lobe, second and third pairs extending towards rear from rear lobe; two applied reddish-brown eyes attached near base of small head, solid rectangular section extends horizontally from head and placed over slightly longer pair of black antennae with ball tips, longer pair of black antennae with wide reddish-brown "feather" ends angle outward from side of head; upper surface of head is silver, front body lobe is black flecked with silver, upper surface of large elongated rear lobe of reddish-brown flecked with silver, rear lobe widens and swells towards pointed end; both lobes bisected by single impressed line; underside of rear lobe swollen and decorated with broad rows of impressed horizontal lines; impressed on underside of forward section of body: "VC".
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