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Object Name3-part Stacked Box

Artist Kyohei Fujita (Japanese, 1921-2004)

Made FromGlass, Metal Leaf

Date1978

Place MadeJapan, Ichikawa

Techniqueblown with "pick-up" decoration into molds

SizeOverall H: 21.3 cm

Accession Number78.6.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent pink mottling (appearing as overall pink background) on colorless, heavily cased in colorless, opaque white and pale blue, metallic gold and silver glasses, metal leaf (gold and platinum); blown with "pick-up" decoration into molds, (metal appears to be sealed-lacquer?). Stacking box with three square sections with chamfered corners, each section increasing slightly in depth towards base; overall decoration of crackled pieces of gold and silver leaf with scattered chips of opaque white and pale blue; (a) flattened base section has flat (ground) rim, (b) mid-section has flat flange rim (ground) and inset flange base (ground), (c) slightly domed top section forms lid; no pontils; inscribed in script on base: "K. Fujita".
Provenance

Source Kyohei Fujita (Japanese, 1921-2004) - 1978-10-30