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Object Name2 Sake Cups

Maker Toshichi Iwata (Japanese, 1893-1980)

Made FromSoda Glass, Gold Leaf

Dateabout 1972

Place MadeJapan, Tokyo

Techniqueoverlaid

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number73.6.13

Credit LineGift of Dorothy Blair

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless soda glass; blown. (A) Overlaid with close speckles of gold leaf and upward swirling stripes of opaque light blue and narrower stripes of opaque dark blue, black and brownish red glasses. Very slight thickening of the rim; wall narrows to a waist, flaring slightly to a rounding-in flat base. (B) Overlaid on the exterior with speckles of gold leaf and upward swirling stripes of opaque white, green and purple glasses emanating from applied blobs in center bottom. Rim slightly thickened; straight wall tapering in toward the bottom, then rounding out to a bulbous form; slightly hollow base.
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