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Object NameVase
Maker Ludvika Smrcková (Czech, 1903-1991)
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1931
Place MadeCzechoslovakia
SizeOverall H: 10.6 cm, W: 10.5 cm, D: 10.5 cm
Accession Number86.3.37 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, cut, etched. Cubical shape, with flat, square sides, and square cross-section; the edges chamfered; cut, flat top; the faces polished flat; one face with etched bust of a young woman, whose scarf passes around a figurine of a standing woman with one arm upraised, nude above the waist, wearing a draped, long skirt, standing on a square plinth; polished, flat base; inscribed "LS 1931" in white paint.
Provenance
Source Art Centrum - 1986-05-02
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