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Object NameBrush Holder

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 1800-1899

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, carved

SizeOverall H: 12.4 cm; Rim Diam: 4.5 cm; Frieze Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number54.6.3

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

The Art of Glass; A Masterson Junior Gallery Exhibition

Treasures in Glass

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

黄套红人物小景玻璃笔筒

Physical DescriptionBrush Holder. Translucent yellow and red glasses; blown, cased and carved. Nearly baluster-shape; short neck slightly flaring to rim, irregularly cased in red; a frieze in red overlay, carved with male figures holding symbolic objects and alternating with rock and fungus forms below shoulder; foot rim of dark red with inner concave base displaying leaf-like splotches of red in the yellow glass, indicate the object was fully cased and then carved away the red overlay afterward.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01