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Object NameVase

Artist Carlo Moretti

Made FromLead Glass

Date1984

Place MadeItaly

Size(A) H: 22.2 cm, L: 20.8 cm, W: 11.1 cm; (B) H: 16 cm, L: 15 cm, W: 8.2 cm

Accession Number85.3.60 A

Credit LineGift of Carlo Moretti

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass with translucent deep purple; blown, cased, wheel-cut. (AB) Flattened square shape with rounded sides; lipless elliptical openings that are ground and polished flat; colorless cased in deep purple which has been roughly wheel-cut in broad bands with purple bands at top edge and base leaving alternating wider bands of unpolished colorless; footless bases, ground and polished flat; signed on bottom of base: "Carlo Moretti"; each bear two acetate labels: "Carlo Moretti Murano Italie" with logo in brown ink, "Vetri um murano" with logo in black ink; (B) also has "made in Italy".
Provenance

Source Carlo Moretti