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Object NamePorcupine

Maker Vera Lišková (Czech, 1924-1985)

Made FromBorosilicate glass

Dateabout 1970

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Prague

Techniqueflameworked

SizeOverall H: 14.9 cm, L: 37.3 cm

Accession Number81.3.71

Credit LineGift of Vera Liskova

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

On ViewModern Gallery

Physical DescriptionPorcupine. Colorless borosilicate glass; flameworked. Body hollow, roughly pear-shaped, with narrow end representing snout and with flat underside; quills represented by narrow lampworked tubes which have flattened bulbs at points of attachment to body and are drawn backward, and which cover all of body except snout. Signed: "V. Liªková" in black beneath quill at edge of bottom.
Provenance

Former Collection Vera Lišková (Czech, 1924-1985) - 1981
Vyra LiÝkovÿ, Czechoslovakia