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Object NameHorned Beetle

Maker Vittorio Costantini (Italian, b. 1944)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1985-1989

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 2.6 cm, W: 5.9 cm, D: 4.2 cm

Accession Number91.3.20 E

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 peach and aqua non-lead glasses; flameworked. Lifelike and life-sized insect with double-lobed body (front lobe is circular, rear is semi-ovoid), 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 elongated pointed and swollen "horn" that extends vertically from frontal lobe, very short pair of amber pincers, placed over slightly longer pair of black antennae with ball tips, longer pair of antennae with thickened tips angle outward from side of "horn" base; front body lobe is black with shorter, wide "horn" with squared tip emerging from and curving over rear of front lobe, larger rear lobe squared at front and curved at rear, upper surface of colorless overlaying flecks of metallic color, bisected by impressed line, underside is swollen and decorated with broad rows of impressed horizontal lines; impressed on underside of forward section of body: "VC".
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