Bird Plaque

Object NamePlaque

Maker Yasuko Ujiie (Japanese, b. 1947)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1983

Techniquepate de verre

SizeOverall H: 18.9 cm, W: 16.6 cm

Accession Number85.6.1 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Japan, Tokyo, Hachioji

Physical DescriptionTranslucent colorless non-lead glass with areas of powdered color; pate-de-verre. Flat rectangular files with beveled edges pierced in upper left corner area by surface design extensions of tail and wing of large bird crouching on a branch molded in low relief; bird cuts diagonally across the vertical rectangular format; five stylized small birds in low relief fly out of upper right corner in a V-pattern; upper right corner colored in light blue, head, tail, wing and part of body of large bird highlighted in pale pink.
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