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Object NameRing

Artist Kazuko Mitsushima (b. 1946)

Made Fromlead glass, silver metals

Date1989

Techniquebent, cut, soldered, polished, plated, kiln formed, stamped

SizeOverall H: 2.7 cm, W: 1.9 cm, D: 2.7 cm

Accession Number90.6.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass Jewelry: 25 Centuries of Style

Place Made

Japan

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, gold and silver metals; Kiln formed and fused glass and gold leaf bonded with Epoxy to silver that has been bent, cut, soldered, polished and plated with rhodium. Ring of silver in form of a cube open on two sides, with one semi-circular cut-out (so finger can bend); opposite exterior wall decorated with applied drop of colorless lined fused on underside, with gold leaf and then kiln-formed into flowing shape; bonded to silver so that edge of glass drapes over one side of silver; stamped on silver interior: Japanese calligraphic mark for "Kazu" (see object information sheet for example) SILVER.
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