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Object NameFemale Dancer
Maker Lucio Bubacco (Italian, b. 1957)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1991
Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano
SizeOverall H: 11 cm
Accession Number91.3.73 B
Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque white, pink (several shades), brown, and red (two shades), translucent green, transparent gray, colorless glasses; flameworked. Female, naked, standing on conical base, with right arm bent and extended to side and left arm in front of her chest, with white mask on black handle held up in left hand, concealing face, which is averted to left; she has hair piled up on top of head; base consists of gray cone, edge of which has been drawn outward and downward at four equidistant points; impressed on underside of base: "B L" (with small blob of opaque yellow adhering).
Provenance
Source Susanne K. Frantz - 1991-09-24
vase
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vase
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vase
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